Two counties in our primary coverage area saw a drop in the percentage of residents without a job last month, while the third remained steady.

According to Iowa Workforce Development, Greene County saw the biggest change in unemployment as the rate dropped from 3.4 percent in August to 2.8 percent in September.  Guthrie County saw a two-tenths of a percent decrease to 2.8 percent as well and Dallas County remains steady at 2.6 percent.

This time last year, all three counties were experiencing higher unemployment rates with Dallas County’s at 3.2, Greene’s at 3.5 and Guthrie’s at 3.8.