The local unemployment rate is down in the latest reporting period. According to the state Department of Workforce Development the city of Fond du Lac jobless rate dropped two tenths of a percent to three percent in October. The Fond du Lac County rate stands at 2.6 percent, down from 2.8 percent in September. In Dodge county the unemployment rate last month was 2.5 percent, down from 2.8 percent the month before.