Saturday, May 18 2013 8:13 PM EDT2013-05-19 00:13:17 GMT
Several people flocked to the Mankato Regional Airport Saturday morning as part of 'International Learn how to fly Day.'
Several people flocked to the Mankato Regional Airport Saturday morning as part of 'International Learn how to fly Day.'
Minnesota -
Mixed bag of news in the latest unemployment report for Minnesota. But once again, the Mankato-North Mankato MSA among the top in the state for job gains. The state unemployment rate ticked up slightly in January to 5.6-percent but state officials say the state has added more than 12,000 new jobs compared to a year earlier. The Department of Employment and Economic Development released the latest numbers this morning. The unemployment rate was two tenths of a percent higher than in December, The national unemployment rate is 7.9 percent. The Mankato MSA had year over year job gains of 1.9-percent, second only to Minneapolis-St. Paul. The biggest gains in jobs came in the trade, transportation and utilities sector.
