united state postal service

U.S. Post Office is asking questions about missing absentee ballots in Michigan

Steve Carmody — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 16:12:53 +0000

The U.S. Post Office is now looking into the hundreds of undelivered absentee ballots in southeast Michigan.

A spokesman for the United States Postal Service’s Office of Inspector General says it’s directed its special agents in Michigan to contact city clerks in Auburn Hills and Roseville to ask about the undelivered absentee ballots.

Michigan poets Roethke, Hayden featured on new U.S. stamp

Jennifer Guerra — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 20:08:32 +0000

The U.S. Postal Service is paying homage to the world of poetry with ten new commemorative stamps.

Two Michigan poets will be featured on the new Forever stamps: Theodore Roethke, a Saginaw native and Pulitzer Prize winning poet; and Robert Hayden, a Detroit poet, and the first black poet laureate of the United States.

Postal workers vow to fight planned closings

Steve Carmody — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 19:12:09 +0000

Postal workers plan to fight a proposal to close mail processing centers in Michigan.

Postal Service officials confirmed this week they plan to move forward with closing more than 200 processing centers nationwide next year. That includes facilities in a half dozen Michigan cities, including Lansing, Jackson and Kalamazoo.