Unemployment climbs as temperatures dip

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Unemployment climbs as temperatures dip

The unemployment rate for January in Northwest Wisconsin rose to 7.1 percent from 5.6 percent in December. The January rate, released by the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development, may be higher than in December but is still lower than the unemployment rate of 7.3 percent of January 2004

http://www.ashlandwi.com/placed/index.php?sect_rank=1&story_id=195758

Did this area of the state vote red or blue?

RL

[tjdee]

1. When it's cold you don't want to be out looking for jobs...

and I'm not even saying that as an insult.

I imagine WI winters are worse than the crappy winters I can't even stand here in NJ, and the idea of pounding the pavement when it's dark at 5pm... the snow probably gets in the way, literally....

What with the weather and the winter blues, I'm not surprised.

[gizmo1979]

2. You lose constrution jobs in winter

also tourism is down blah blah blah.It's just bleak.

[Jimbo S]

3. I think NW Wis is purple

There's got to be a graphic online somewhere.