Tagged: Battle Creek labor market

The unemployment rate in Calhoun County has continued to drop, according to Michigan's Bureau of Labor Market Information. The monthly report for March, released Thursday said the county's jobless rate was 6.8 percent. That's down from 7.3 percent in February, 7.4 percent in January and 8.0 percent in March 2012.

Calhoun County's December unemployment rate inched up in December but remained slightly lower than what it was a year ago. The county's seasonally unadjusted jobless rate was 7.1 percent last month, according to the most recent regional labor market analysis by the Bureau of Labor Market Information released Thursday.