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Thursday, April 05, 2012  There's been about a point and a half drop in the unemployment rate for Lee County Iowa from February of this year to February of last year and that's good news for the region.

Friday, March 25, 2011  There might be hope for Lee County's workforce development offices.

Sunday, September 05, 2010  While Iowa maintains one of the lowest unemployment rates in the country, southeast Iowa continues to be one of the worst hit areas in the state. Governor Culver says he has a plan to reverse that trend and it started with the I-Jobs program.

Wednesday, January 27, 2010  Under legislation approved by the Iowa House, husbands and wives of deployed soldiers would be able to get jobless benefits if the deployment forces them to leave their jobs and relocate.

Thursday, January 21, 2010  Sen. Tom Harkin says about $5.9 million in recovery act funds will be coming to Iowa Workforce Development to train people for jobs in the energy efficiency and renewable energy industries.