May 7, 2013 in The Daily Republic
IPSWICH (AP) The U.S. Postal Service is sending a mobile post office unit to deliver mail in the northeastern South Dakota town of Ipswich, where the post office building has been temporarily closed because of a leaky roof.
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May 7, 2013 in The Daily Republic
An indictment filed Monday alleges Tom J. Parsons, of Pierre, mailed a first-class package containing dog feces addressed to Dewey County Treasurer Kelli Mowrer.
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May 2, 2013 in Lake County News-Chronicle
Many children look forward to the end of the school year. Summer means soccer, softball, camping, reading or time to hang out with friends. For some kids, however, no school means long hungry days, since their most reliable source of nutrition is school lunch. The problem is particularly acute in our region. Last year a report by Hunger Free Minnesota found that Lake County has the highest rate of child hunger in the state. Continue Reading
April 12, 2013 in The Daily Republic
The Daily Republic delivers approximately a third of its daily print editions via the mail. We need Saturday mail service as much as any business, and probably more than most. Continue Reading
April 10, 2013 in The Dickinson Press
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The United States Postal Service announced Wednesday that it would not be suspending Saturday service in August as it had originally planned in an effort to cut its budget. Continue Reading
April 10, 2013 in The Dickinson Press
WASHINGTON – The financially strapped U.S. Postal Service will keep delivering first-class mail on Saturday because Congress has left it no choice but to continue, the service’s board of governors said on Wednesday. Continue Reading
February 19, 2013 in The Dickinson Press
One of the most confounding pieces of news recently was not the Olympic medalist charged with murder, the giant meteor crashing in Russia or the “Port-a-Potty on water,” as a disabled Carnival cruise ship was described by one sorry vacationer. It was that some people are cheering a plan to end Saturday mail delivery. Continue Reading
February 6, 2013 in The Dickinson Press
WASHINGTON The financially struggling U.S. Postal Service said Wednesday it will stop delivering mail on Saturdays but continue to disburse packages six days a week, an apparent end-run around an unaccommodating Congress. Continue Reading
February 6, 2013 in The Daily Republic
The service expects the Saturday mail cutback to begin the week of Aug. 5 and to save about $2 billion annually, said Postmaster General and CEO Patrick R. Donahoe.
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January 9, 2013 in The Dickinson Press
WILLISTON The U.S. Postal Service has carriers working into the night delivering mail at 8 p.m. or later as it has struggled to keep up with North Dakota’s oil boom, but an official visiting the area this week says that’s going to change. Continue Reading
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