INDIANAPOLIS —  Mentone resident Holly R. Clabaugh, 29, recently pleaded guilty in Kosciusko County Superior Court 1 to welfare fraud, a class C felony. Clabaugh knowingly defrauded the system by collecting unemployment insurance benefits while working full-time. Through the use of agency records, a Department of Workforce Development investigator determined Clabaugh was working full time …read more.

The U.S. Department of Labor has announced the Indiana Department of Workforce Development will receive an additional $2.34 million in federal funds to retrain dislocated workers over the next two years. The grant is part of a $58 million effort to bolster state initiatives to retrain laid-off individuals through short-term class work or on-the-job training. …read more.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — Although the private sector saw job growth of 6 percent in June, the unemployment rate increased for the first time in nearly a year. The Indiana Department of Workforce Development says the June unemployment rate was 8 percent, up from 7.9 percent in May. Unemployment in the Hoosier state is still below …read more.