Radio Iowa

Iowa Workforce Development site worked through a few issues in transition

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 ...
ABC Kcrg 9

As more people join apprenticeships, Iowa Workforce Development gives out millions to apprenticeship programs

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 ...
Radio Iowa

Iowa unemployment rate unchanged in July

Iowa’s numbers are out for July and Iowa Workforce Development director Beth Townsend says things held steady. “Unemployment remained at 3.7% and our labor force participation also remained the same ...
The Gazette

Iowa Workforce Development’s new unemployment system website to launch June 3

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, ...
Quad-City Times

Iowa Workforce Development overhaul sparks concerns about disability employment program

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 ...