The local unemployment rate is up in the latest reporting period. According to the state Department of Worforce Development the Dodge County unemployment rate in January was four percent, up from 3.4 percent in December. In Fond du Lac County the unemployment rate increased four-tenths of a percent to 3.8 percent. The jobless rate in the city of Fond du Lac was 4.1 percent in January, up from 3.6 percent in December.
