AM 1240 WJON » local unemployment rate http://wjon.com Sun, 19 May 2013 05:28:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 Local Unemployment Rate Dips in March http://wjon.com/local-unemployment-rate-dips-in-march/ http://wjon.com/local-unemployment-rate-dips-in-march/#comments Mon, 22 Apr 2013 20:02:49 +0000 Jim Maurice http://wjon.com/?p=183957 The unemployment rate for the St. Cloud Metro Area dropped in March. The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development says we are now at 6.1 percent, down from 6.6 percent in February.

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]]> http://wjon.com/local-unemployment-rate-dips-in-march/feed/ 0 Getty Images St. Cloud Metro Area Unemployment Rate Jumps in January http://wjon.com/st-cloud-metro-area-unemployment-rate-jumps-in-january/ http://wjon.com/st-cloud-metro-area-unemployment-rate-jumps-in-january/#comments Tue, 12 Mar 2013 15:06:08 +0000 Jim Maurice http://wjon.com/?p=174454 The number of people filing unemployment claims in the St. Cloud metro area jumped in January, compared to the month before. The Department of Employment and Economic Development says our local unemployment rate is now at 7.3 percent, up from 5.7 percent in December.

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]]> http://wjon.com/st-cloud-metro-area-unemployment-rate-jumps-in-january/feed/ 0 photologue_np, flickr Local Unemployment Rate Dips for November http://wjon.com/local-unemployment-rate-dips-for-november/ http://wjon.com/local-unemployment-rate-dips-for-november/#comments Thu, 27 Dec 2012 11:15:24 +0000 Jim Maurice http://wjon.com/?p=157547 The unemployment rate for the St. Cloud metro area dipped again in November. The Department of Employment and Economic Development says we're now at 4.8 percent.

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