 Benson Trailers officials unveil the company's logo at a new plant on Verdun Road. The plant has since closed, one of several to bite the dust in the economic downturn. |
While Scott County's unemployment rate decreased slightly in April 2009, it remains the second-highest unemployment rate in the state. Several companies have closed or announced layoffs in recent months, as the county suffers through the worst recession in almost 30 years.
LATEST NEWS:
- Jobless rate declines half a point (June 4, 2009)
- Oneida borrows $1.3m to cover debt (May 14, 2009)
- Jobless rate still state's 2nd-highest (April 30, 2009)
- OSSD approves teacher buyout plan (April 9, 2009)
- Jobless rate climbs another 3% (March 12, 2009)
- Dumplin' Festival axed (Feb. 26, 2009)
- Jobless rate tops 15% (Feb. 5, 2009)
- Barna employees going back to work (Jan. 8, 2009)
- Jobless rate is state's 2nd-highest (Jan. 1, 2009)
