Skip to content

Tag Archives: Ontonagon

U.P. unemployment increases

New unemployment figures are out and unfortunately it shows a significant increase for Upper Michigan. In December, the U.P. unemployment rate was 14.5 percent; that’s up from 12.9 percent in November. All 15 Upper Michigan counties posted jobless rate increases.  Most of the increases were seasonal with job losses in tourism and construction.  But Ontonagon [...]