Iowa’s unemployment rate increases

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Iowa’s labor force participation rate rose to 66-point-4 percent in December amid an influx of recent graduates entering the workforce, while the state’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate increased to 3-point-2 percent.  Meanwhile, the U-S unemployment rate decreased

Storm spotter training to begin early next month

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It may just be January, but the National Weather Service in Des Moines, along with local county emergency managers, will in the coming weeks be hosting storm spotter training classes.  These in-person spotting training classes are offered