La Salle County unemployment remains in double-digits

Receiving on unemployment?  The June unemployment rate for La Salle County was down from the same time last year but was still slightly more than 10%.  June unemployment rates were slightly higher than May’s rates in La Salle, Bureau and Putnam Counties.

In Bureau County unemployment was 9.4%.  Putnam County unemployment was 9.3%.

The Ottawa-Streator area unemployment rate was 10.1%, two points lower than the same time last year.  Still, the Illinois Department of Employment Security says the area lost manufacturing and professional-business services jobs.