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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 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 ...
Radio Iowa

Iowa unemployment rate up in April as more people enter workforce

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 ...
Quad-City Times

Iowa Workforce Development outlines new programs

Working now to fix Iowa’s potential work force shortage in coming years is just one of many tasks Elizabeth Buck hopes to accomplish as Iowa Workforce Development’s new director. She and deputy ...
The Gazette

Iowa sees ‘unprecedented’ demand for electrical workers, tradespeople

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. This story first appeared in Spotlight on Apprenticeships 2025, an annual special section dedicated to ...