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Perry earns seats at state track, baseball, softball seasons begin
The last of the spring season is just ahead but a new chapter of summer also begins this week. (Note: Events covered May 7-13.) After getting into the state meet last year as a junior in the 400-meter hurdles, Owen Myers will take one more run around the blue oval at Drake on Friday afternoon.
April unemployment rate drops
The April unemployment rate dropped to 2.8% compared to 2.9% in March. Iowa Workforce Development director, Beth Townsend, says there were no major ups or downs in the month. “Overall not a bad report, our labor force participation rate went down slightly again, We think that’s primarily due to retirements and then earlier in the year I think the decrease has been related to people going back to school,” Townsend says. Townsend says the economy shows signs of easing with several industries inching back from huge hiring sprees earlier in the year. “The job market is tightening in the sense that we did shed some jobs in April and it looks like employers are not hiring at the same rate that they were earlier in the year so that’s concerning,” she says.
Iowa students host car wash fundraiser for family of student killed in Perry shooting
GRIMES, Iowa (KCCI) - A group of central Iowa teenagers gave a helping hand to the family of a student killed during the Perry school shooting. Sixth grader Ahmir Jollif was shot and killed in the January shooting. Over the weekend, the Dallas-Center Grimes National Honor Society hosted its “Car...
DMACC opening workforce resource center in Perry to assist Tyson workers ahead of plant closure
PERRY, Iowa — The city of Perry and DMACC are now opening up a resource center for Tyson employees who will soon be without a job. Back in March, Tyson Foods announced it would be closing the Perry plant this summer. It employs more than 1,200 people. The center will provide training sessions, assistance navigating […]
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