9-26-13 local unemployment rates down

Local unemployment rates are down in the latest reporting period.  The August unemployment rate in the city of Fond du lac stands at 7.3 percent…down from 7.9 percent in July.  Fond du Lac county’s jobless rate fell from 6.6 to six percent in August.  The Dodge county unemployment rate also fell six-tenths of a percent to 6.6 percent.  Statewide rates decreased in 69 of Wisconsin’s 72 counties and in all of Wisconsin’s 32 largest municipalities.