WHILE THE STATE’S UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IS 2.6%, IT’S HIGHER IN MARSHALL COUNTY.  FIGURES FROM IOWA WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT SHOW THE COUNTY WITH AN UNEMPLOYMENT RATE OF 4 1/2% UP FROM 4.2% IN MAY.  ADJACENT COUNTIES ALSO SAW AN INCREASE IN UNEMPLOYMENT.  STORY AND GRUNDY COUNTIES ARE AT 2.2%; POWESHIEK COUNTY AT 2 1/2 5; AND JASPER AND HARDIN COUNTIES AT 2.7%.