Iowa’s nonfarm businesses employed 8,200 fewer workers in May than they did a year ago, with most of the job losses occurring in the manufacturing and professional and business services sectors, new ...

An expansion of the number of county’s that are part of Mississippi Valley Workforce Development service area, won’t have much impact on job seekers, but it will keep the state ...

There will be an induction ceremony on July 21 at the gazebo in the courtyard at 1 p.m.

Cost of living continues to be a major issue for consumers, but some states are handling inflation better than others: ...

Iowa Workforce Development manages unemployment claims filed on behalf of Iowans. (Photo by Getty Images, logo courtesy the State of Iowa) Litigation over Gov. Kim Reynolds’ 2021 refusal to pay ...

Winnebago Industries plans to close two manufacturing facilities in northeast Iowa. The Iowa Workforce Development’s Worker Adjustment and Retraining website shows the company has informed the ...

Iowa business leaders maintain positive but cautious economic outlook for the next six months. Concerns exist regarding inflation, tariffs,and workforce challenges. Despite a decline in GDP and ...

Iowa Workforce Development Areas are seeking to merge, due to continued decreases in federal funding.

The Iowa Workforce Development Board approved a shorter list of qualifying career fields for the Last-Dollar Scholarship program in May.

Nebraska saw no change in unemployment, while Iowa saw a small increase in May, two reports said this week.

Iowa Workforce Development merged its system for filing unemployment claims into the IowaWorks system used to train and find people new jobs at the start of the month. IWD director Beth Townsend ...

DES MOINES — A new, $135 million, 150,000-square-foot sausage production plant in Perry received $12 million in tax benefits from the state’s economic development agency Friday. The Iowa ...