OTTUMWA, IOWA (August 31, 2023) — Main Street Ottumwa and Grow with Google have teamed up to bring you a learning experience to help you grow your business online and in person. This workshop experience is for business owners, entrepreneurs or someone who is interested in starting a business. Building a brand online, how to optimize a website, and an introduction to Google Analytics are among the topics that will be covered.

DES MOINES, IOWA (August 29, 2023) — Governor Kim Reynolds announced on August 28 that the schedule of unemployment insurance rates used to tax Iowa employers will remain at the lowest possible level allowed by law. This marks the second consecutive year at the current rates, and only the second time Iowa’s rates have been at this level during the past 25 years.

WASHINGTON DC (August 22, 2023) — The Federal Aviation Administration will hold runway safety meetings at approximately ninety airports between now and the end of September.

“Sharing information is critical to improving safety,” said Tim Arel, chief operating officer of the FAA’s Air Traffic Organization. “These meetings, along with other efforts, will help us achieve our goal of zero close calls.”

DES MOINES, IOWA (August 17, 2023) — Iowa’s seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate held steady at 2.7 percent in July but remains down from 2.8 percent one year ago. The state’s labor force added 2,700 new workers in July, increasing Iowa’s labor-force participation rate to 68.8 percent. That is up from 68.2 percent a year ago and equals the participation rate in March 2020.

Meanwhile, the US unemployment rate decreased to 3.5 percent in July from 3.6 percent the month before.