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New figures released Tuesday by the state officials showed Pierce County had Wisconsin's lowest rate of unemployment at just 2.7 percent while adjacent St. Croix County came in second at 2.8 percent. The numbers, released by the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development, represent...

Pierce and St. Croix counties had the lowest and fourth-lowest rates of unemployment among 72 Wisconsin counties last month, according to Department of Workforce Development figures released Wednesday. Pierce County's unemployment was 3.4 percent, down from July’s rate of 4.2 percent....

Dear Editor, Well, well, so the Obama administration created recovery.gov to keep us informed about the results of the stimulus bill, jobs created/saved, reporting waste/fraud/abuse in the system. So let's see, hundreds of jobs created/saved are showing up in non-existent phantom...

The U.S. Census Bureau will hire 47,000 people in Wisconsin to help conduct next year's census. Most will visit the homes of people who don't return the forms they'll get in the mail next March. The nation's annual population count takes place every 10 years. It not only tells...

Gov. Jim Doyle will meet with employees and officials of Mercury Marine in Fond du Lac today (Friday). The governor's office says Doyle will thank the community, the company, and others for doing what was needed to keep the outboard motor plant in Wisconsin. Hundreds of union workers...

There are signs that the Obama White House drastically overestimated the number of Wisconsin jobs created or saved by the economic stimulus program. The government said more than 10,000 Wisconsinites have jobs thanks to what Washington has done. But the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel...

Some of the "green shoots" of economic revival that Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke talked about last March on the CBS news program "60 Minutes" are sprouting in Hudson. I've been getting the press releases from Gov.

It probably won't get easier to find a job for the rest of the year, not even during the holiday shopping season. Milwaukee's Manpower Inc., says 70 percent of Midwest companies do not expect to change their staffing levels from October-December. Only 12 percent plan to add employees,...

Union workers at Mercury Marine in Fond du Lac are getting one final chance to keep their jobs. The maker of outboard motors agreed Tuesday to a third union vote on proposed contract concessions. It will take place Thursday and Friday. If it's approved, Mercury promises to keep...

Just when you thought things couldn't get worse, they do. The reeling Janesville economy suffers yet another blow with the announcement of the closing of the Parker Pen factory. It's official name is the Sanford Corp., but Parker Pen has been a major employer in the Wisconsin...

Wisconsin is using federal stimulus money to have young people help fight invasive species. The DNR will employ 55 people under age 24, to show boaters how to avoid spreading things like zebra mussels and the VHS fish virus. Employment relations secretary Roberta Gassman says...

A top state official takes issue with business leaders who say the new state budget will drive companies out of Wisconsin. Executive commerce assistant Zach Brandon says the claim that the budget takes an unfair bite out of corporations quote, "doesn't match reality." Brandon...

People as far away as Milwaukee have applied for the hundreds of new jobs being added by a new military contract at the Oshkosh Corp. Up to 1,500 applicants turned out for a job fair Monday in Oshkosh, and the company reported a similar turnout on Sunday. It was chosen to build...

Gov. Jim Doyle says it's a milestone to have both General Motors and Chrysler at least consider future auto production in Wisconsin. Monday, GM said the now-closed Janesville plant is one of three in the running for a possible new small-car facility. And new language has been...