CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - Iowa leaders are seeing an increase in people joining apprenticeships, the Department of Workforce Development has announced $3.4 million to support those programs. That ...

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 ...

Iowa Workforce Development Executive Director Beth Townsend testified this week in front of a U.S. House subcommittee on work and welfare, highlighting the state’s revamp of its unemployment system ...

Iowa Workforce Development merged its system for filing unemployment claims into the IowaWorks system used to train and find people new jobs at the start of the month. IWD director Beth Townsend says ...

DES MOINES — After being in place for decades, the state’s unemployment system website is getting a significant upgrade after Iowa Workforce Development announced it will replace it with a new, ...

DES MOINES, Iowa — Iowa's unemployment insurance system is undergoing a significant transformation. The existing system will go offline Tueday and will be replaced with a modernized platform aimed at ...

As Executive Director of Iowa Falls Area Development Corporation (IFADC), I want to bring attention to legislation currently ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (Gray Media Iowa State Capitol Bureau) -- The number of unemployed Iowans rose over the past month, according to the new monthly jobs report from Iowa Workforce Development. New hires ...