The local unemployment rate is down in the latest reporting period. The state Department of Workforce Development says the Dodge County unemployment rate fell eight-tenths of a percent to 3.5 percent in April. In Fond du lac County the April jobless rate is 3.4 percent, down from 4.1 percent in March. The city of Fond du Lac’s unemployment rate dropped from 4.2 percent in March to 3.9 percent in April.
