MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s unemployment rate remains at 2.9 percent for the second month in a row. The state Department of Workforce Development reported Thursday that Wisconsin’s unemployment rate was 2.9 percent in March. That is near the record-low of 2.8 percent reached in April last year. Prior to last year, Wisconsin’s unemployment rate never dropped below 3 percent. The state lost 4,500 private sector jobs between February and March, but was up 12,400 over the past 12 months.
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photo: waupun mayor rohn bishop The Waupun Common Council has postponed action on wage increases for paid on call firefighters and elected officials to get more public input. The council discussed the matter, sometimes heated, at their meeting this week and will take up the issue again at their April 8th meeting. If […]
todayMarch 27, 2025
A house fire near New Holstein claimed the life of a child. Shortly after 2am Wednesday firefighters were called to the scene on Honeymoon Hill Road near County Road T. A child in the home was pronounced dead at a hospital. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
todayMarch 27, 2025
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