MP concern at Post Office move plan

Embattled US Postal Service gets help from rural AmericaReutersRural Americans say they regard their local post offices as the centers of their communities. With UPS and FedEx service limited or more expensive in some areas, many rely on the Postal Service to deliver medicines, while families need it to pay bills …and more » More: continued…

copanews Village on course to get post office back after long waitDiss ExpressSub-postmaster David Johnson closed the post office he ran in Queen Street in July after 12 years at the helm. Since then, the Post Office has been unable to find a replacement, with the idea of hosting the service in the library even…

Monticello News Hillsboro Post Office Could Be ClosedMonticello NewsAngela Collier, manager of Post Office operations, with the US Postal Service hosted a meeting in Hillsboro Tuesday evening to hear community concerns about the possible closing of the Hillsboro Post Office. Ms. Collier explained that the Postal …National League of Postmasters urges fight to save rural…

Des Moines will lose two more post offices this yearDesMoinesRegister.comTwo Des Moines post office branches will close by year's end despite lobbying by city officials to keep the offices open. The Highland Park branch at 100 E. Euclid Ave. will close Friday and the downtown office in Capital Square, 400 Locust St., …Customers React to…

Fire breaks out at building that houses W. Mich. post officeWWMT-TVVAN BUREN COUNTY, Mich. (NEWSCHANNEL 3) – A fire broke out Friday in a building that houses a West Michigan post office. People who live in the building say the fire started in an apartment above the Kendall Post Office, in Van Buren County.and more »…

Gov. Terry Branstad is asking for a one-year moratorium to allow the concerns of rural residents to be addressed. More: continued here