Two workforce boards in Iowa are merging to offer better service to businesses and job hunters. The State Workforce Development Board approved the merger of the South Central Workforce Development ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Auditor of State Rob Sand speaks at a press conference on Jan. 30, 2025. (Photo courtesy of the Auditor of State's Office) The ...

Iowa’s disability employment program is undergoing restructuring — an outgrowth of the 2023 state government realignment approved by Republican lawmakers and signed by Gov. Kim Reynolds — that Iowa ...

SOLD OFF ITS AMERICAN ASSETS. THE LABOR FORCE IN IOWA IS GROWING. THAT’S ACCORDING TO IOWA WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. NEARLY 2000 PEOPLE WERE ADDED IN AUGUST, MOSTLY MOSTLY ADULTS, BETWEEN AGE 20 TO 24.

A federal government shutdown has led to the furlough of 67 federally paid workers at Iowa Workforce Development. The Iowa National Guard also has furloughed about 700 civilian employees . A prolonged ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (KCRG) - New data from Iowa Workforce Development reveals an increase in the state’s unemployment rate. Iowa’s unemployment rate for the month of June is 3.7%, up from May’s 3.6% ...

Iowa ended 2025 with more people working and participating in the labor force, even as overall employment dipped slightly at the end of the year, according to new data released Friday by Iowa ...

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 ...

There were fewer local workers detasseling seed corn in Iowa in 2025 than in previous years as the number of temporary migrant laborers with H-2A visas doing the jobs increased, according to data ...

A northwest Iowa organization is holding an event for high school students to promote jobs in the trades.