mail service http://michiganradio.org en Michigan postal centers prepare to close & consolidate http://michiganradio.org/post/michigan-postal-centers-prepare-close-consolidate <p>An ailing U.S. Postal Service is preparing to close and consolidate processing facilities across Michigan as the state in turn emerges from its own economic woes. The agency&#39;s planned actions affect operations in and around Gaylord, Iron Mountain, Jackson, Kalamazoo, Lansing and Saginaw.</p><p>The moves affect 475 jobs, though officials say that number includes an undetermined mix of layoffs, transfers and retraining.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> Sun, 18 Mar 2012 18:57:35 +0000 The Associated Press 6681 at http://michiganradio.org Michigan postal centers prepare to close & consolidate Postal Service will announce changes http://michiganradio.org/post/postal-service-will-announce-changes <p>Financial problems are mounting at the <a href="http://about.usps.com/">U.S. Postal Service,</a> and that&#39;s going to have repercussions on Americans&#39; daily lives. For one thing, you won&#39;t be able to assume - or even hope - that a stamped letter will arrive at its destination the next day.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>That&#39;s because the Postal Service is looking for ways to save money, even as it awaits possible assistance from Congress.</p> Sun, 04 Dec 2011 19:55:38 +0000 The Associated Press 5242 at http://michiganradio.org Postal Service will announce changes More MI post office branches could close http://michiganradio.org/post/more-mi-post-office-branches-could-close <p>As many as 17 post office branches in Detroit and other parts of southeast Michigan could be closed by the financially troubled <a href="https://www.usps.com/">U.S. Postal Service.</a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>The Detroit Free Press <a href="http://www.freep.com/article/20110820/NEWS05/108200408/17-southern-Michigan-post-offices-may-close?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|FRONTPAGE">reports Saturday</a> that the Postal Service released a list of branches that might close before the end of the year.</p> Sat, 20 Aug 2011 16:55:44 +0000 Kyle Norris 3838 at http://michiganradio.org More MI post office branches could close