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A few jobs, and a reprieve for the jobless
Fri Nov 20, 2009 3:14 PM EST
The latest unemployment numbers are out, indicating that the Elkhart area is, well, moving in the right direction, but the modest improvement isn’t about to spark any spontaneous dancing in the streets.
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Vroom, vroom: RV company to hire 400
Wed Nov 18, 2009 7:51 PM EST
In another stirring of life in the RV industry, a producer of towable RVs in Elkhart announced that it will hire 400 more workers to step up production, The Elkhart Truth reported on Wednesday.Heartland Recreational Vehicle LLC has new demand, which dealers say is at least in pa …
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Recession raises the bar on inmate work release
Tue Oct 27, 2009 2:44 PM EDT
Kari Huus / msnbc.com Antinio Long, 34, awaits a ride to a new job outside a work release facility where he is serving time because of missed child support payments. In better times, even those behind bars were better off.
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Retraining roulette: New skills, no new job
Fri Sep 18, 2009 6:44 PM EDT
Hundreds of thousands of laid-off American workers are undergoing federally subsidized retraining in hopes of landing a job in a new field. For some, it feels like an exercise in futility. Msnbc.com's Mike Brunker reports.
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Laid-off workers eye the abyss
Thu Aug 27, 2009 7:42 AM EDT
Despite repeated extensions of the unemployment compensation program, some 1.5 million people are expected to exhaust their benefits by year’s end, and many don't know how they are going to cope.
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Elkhart County's jobless rate inches down again
Fri Aug 21, 2009 11:52 AM EDT
The latest jobless numbers show continued improvement in Elkhart County, but the progress is painfully slow.
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County's unemployment rate falls
Seeded on Sat Jul 18, 2009 12:02 PM EDT (eTruth.com - Local News )
Howard County continued to top the state's jobless list in June while Elkhart County's numbers fell, according to figures released Friday from the Indiana Department of Workforce Development.
Jobless benefits to continue
Tue Jun 30, 2009 2:37 PM EDT
Answering what has probably been a concern for many in Elkhart and around the state, NBC station WISE in Fort Wayne reports that unemployment benefits will continue to be paid even if the budget crisis shuts down the state government. Gov.
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Elkhart jobless rate no longer state's worst
Fri Jun 19, 2009 4:06 PM EDT
Elkhart County no longer has the state's highest unemployment rate. That dubious distinction belongs to Howard County, home to Kokomo, according to new state figures broken down by Marilyn Odendahl in The Elkhart Truth.
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At last, a stimulus cash sighting in Elkhart!
Seeded on Fri May 29, 2009 8:35 AM EDT (msnbc.com)
The first visible chunk of federal stimulus money to reach Elkhart County has landed in a tick-ridden wetland near the Michigan border, where members of the Youhg Hoosiers Conservation Corps are hard at work improving trails and fighting invasive non-native plants..
Elkhart County: Some workers are getting their jobs back
Seeded on Sat May 23, 2009 4:39 PM EDT (eTruth.com - Local News )
Several manufacturers in Elkhart County report that orders are increasing and some employees are being called back.
Local officials scramble for stimulus cash
Tue May 5, 2009 8:24 AM EDT
ELKHART, Ind. - The Obama administration’s economic stimulus bill has led to the creation of at least one new job in this Midwestern city: a summer staffer who will help officials cope with the paperwork avalanche.
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Elkhart ranked in Top 10 worst small cities for a job
Seeded on Tue May 5, 2009 7:35 AM EDT (WNDU.com)
Forbes magazine ranks Elkhart in the top ten worst small cities for a job in the U.S..
In Elkhart, industrial diversity is hard to do
Mon Apr 27, 2009 3:37 PM EDT
ELKHART, Ind. - In the same way that people might speculate about a couple that could be heading for divorce, business leaders in Elkhart, Ind., sometimes talked about what could happen if the recreational vehicle industry took a serious turn for the worse.
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Grants available for high unemployment counties
Seeded on Mon Apr 27, 2009 12:11 PM EDT (IDSNews.com)
Indiana counties with high unemployment rates might be able to apply for grants to help economic development under a bill signed last week by Gov. Mitch Daniels.
Another layoff, but not in the RV industry
Seeded on Wed Apr 22, 2009 1:28 PM EDT (eTruth.com - Local News )
Valmont Industries has filed a notice with the Indiana Department of Workforce Development that it will lay off 70 workers, beginning June 16.
Amish workers hit hard by recession
Seeded on Sun Apr 19, 2009 12:01 PM EDT (Chicago Tribune)
The Amish are defined by their religious beliefs, shunning modern conventions such as automobiles, insurance and electricity in their houses. But some of the Amish in hard-hit northern Indiana realize they can no longer avoid another newfangled idea: unemployment checks.
County unemployment up, but now second to LaGrange County
Seeded on Fri Apr 17, 2009 12:56 PM EDT (eTruth.com - Local News )
Indiana's unemployment rate climbed to 10 percent in March, an increase of .6 percent from February. Elkhart County, which had occupied the top slot on the state's unemployment ranking, slipped to No.
Watching the economy rumbling by
Thu Apr 16, 2009 7:25 AM EDT
If you want to get a good snapshot of Elkhart's economy – and at least a glimpse of how the recession is affecting national commerce – pull up a chair at the National New York Central Railroad Museum with Ron Troyer.
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Foreclosure trouble, with a capital 'T'
Tue Apr 14, 2009 7:06 AM EDT
While Elkhart has a reputation as an economic bellwether for the nation, it was Indiana that played the canary in the coalmine when it came to the foreclosure crisis.
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Rep. Donnelly holds panel to discuss Elkhart's economic future
Seeded on Tue Apr 7, 2009 8:53 AM EDT (WNDU)
Hit hard by job loss, leaders in Elkhart are trying to give residents new hope for the future. Congressman Joe Donnelly's "investing in tomorrow's jobs today" panel looked at the main issues affecting Elkhart's job market.
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