AM 1240 WJON » post office http://wjon.com Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:00:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 No Local Post Offices On The Chopping Block http://wjon.com/no-local-post-offices-on-the-chopping-block/ http://wjon.com/no-local-post-offices-on-the-chopping-block/#comments Wed, 27 Jul 2011 13:24:40 +0000 Jim Maurice http://wjon.com/?p=23824 The financially ailing Postal Service has added 88 Minnesota locations to the list of those being considered for closing. That brings the total potential closings to 116 in the state.

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]]> http://wjon.com/police-masked-womans-package-harmless/feed/ 0 Getty Images Postage Rates Rising, But Not For Most Letters http://wjon.com/postage-rates-rising-but-not-for-most-letters/ http://wjon.com/postage-rates-rising-but-not-for-most-letters/#comments Thu, 14 Apr 2011 17:25:07 +0000 Jim Maurice http://wjon.com/?p=12645 The post office is raising its rates starting Sunday but don't worry, mailing that recipe to Aunt Mary or the birthday card to Uncle Joe won't cost any more. That's because the 44-cent price for sending a basic first-class letter will stay the same.

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]]> http://wjon.com/postage-rates-rising-but-not-for-most-letters/feed/ 0 Getty Images This Date In Central Minnesota History – February 15th, 1937 http://wjon.com/this-date-in-central-minnesota-history-february-15th-1936/ http://wjon.com/this-date-in-central-minnesota-history-february-15th-1936/#comments Tue, 15 Feb 2011 13:38:19 +0000 Jim Maurice http://wjon.com/?p=7639 Our This Date In Central Minnesota History feature is an on-going series put together with the help of the Stearns History Museum.

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]]> http://wjon.com/this-date-in-central-minnesota-history-february-15th-1936/feed/ 0 Photos courtesy of the Stearns History Museum: Moving the old post office down St. Germain Street