Iowa Workforce Development director Beth Townsend says the December unemployment number held steady while the number of ...

Iowa ended 2025 with more people working and participating in the labor force, even as overall employment dipped slightly at ...

New data shows Iowa’s unemployment rate was the same from November to December, but up from a year ago.

IOWA, USA — Due to what is being called a "historic upgrade," Iowans will not be able to file for unemployment benefits through Iowa Workforce Development until June 3. According to IowaWORKS, the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Replacement of Iowa's half-century old computerized system for processing unemployment claims will result in an outage from, but a ...

criminal blame. No charges have been filed. Right now... Iowans are unable to file for unemployment benefits. The Iowa Workforce Development website will be down for the next six days. This is what it ...

The state unemployment rate rose one-tenth of a percent to 3.5% in April. Iowa Workforce Development director Beth Townsend says that’s partly because more people are looking for work. “We had 5,000 ...

As the federal government shutdown begins its fourth week, Iowa Workforce Development is furloughing or partially furloughing 67 of its workers who are federally paid. At the Iowa National Guard, some ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (KCRG) - Iowa’s unemployment rate is holding steady at 3.7% in July. According to Iowa Workforce Development (IWD), the number of unemployed Iowans rose slightly from June to July, ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (KCRG) - Iowa’s unemployment rate rose in August, according to a new report released Thursday by Iowa Workforce Development (IWD). Iowa’s unemployment rate now stands at 3.8%. That’s ...

Iowa Workforce Development says the labor force participation rate rose to 67.7 percent, up from 67.6 percent in November.

Iowa Workforce Development is shutting down its system for filing unemployment claims as they move to upgrade it. IWD spokesperson Jesse Dougherty says they are merging the system with the ...