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Dramatic changes in unemployment rates were reported for April.

According to Iowa Workforce Development Guthrie County had the biggest drop in the Raccoon Valley Radio area in the percentage of unemployment from March to April of one percent to 1.9 percent. Dallas County had a 0.6 percent decline in unemployment from March to April to 1.9 percent. Greene County fell from 2.1 percent in March to 1.6 percent in April, a 0.5 percent decrease.

Statewide the unemployment rate dropped 0.1 percent from March to April to 2.8 percent. The national unemployment rate for April was 3.9 percent.