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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 17, 2009
Media Contact: Marge Oehlke
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Release No. 09-33

Most Post Office Retail Counters To Close at Noon on July 3rd

Noon set as day’s final mail collection

Milwaukee, WI — Most Post Office retail counters in the Lakeland District of the U.S. Postal Service, which covers most of the state of Wisconsin and the upper peninsula of Michigan, will close at noon on Friday, July 3, 2009 to enable retail employees to spend more time with their families. Noon will be last collection for mail deposited in blue collection boxes that day. All collection points that have a regularly scheduled collection time prior to 12:00 PM (noon) on Friday July 3rd will be collected as scheduled. Regular mail delivery for July 3 will be unaffected by the change. P.O. Box mail access will only be available until 12:00 PM (noon) in those Post Offices where retail counters and access to Post Office Boxes are co-located and are affected by early retail closing.

“As many businesses close early on July 3rd,” said Lakeland District Manager David Martin, “the number of customers visiting our lobbies greatly diminishes. We view this as an opportunity to afford retail employees more time with their families by closing retail operations in most of our locations early on July 3rd."

The following Post Office retail counters in the Lakeland District will be open on July 3rd until the time listed below. This list also includes the last collection time for mail deposited in blue collection boxes that day.

Post Office Name Post Office Address 5-digit ZIP Adjusted Retail
Closing
Last Collection Time
Platteville 85 S. Court St. 53818 3:00 PM 3:00 PM
Monona - Madison 112 Owen Rd. 53716 2:00 PM 2:00 PM
Sheboygan 522 N. 9th St. 53081 5:00 PM 5:00 PM
Janesville 1818 Milton Ave. 53545 5:00 PM 5:00 PM
Fond Du Lac 99 W. 2nd St. 54935 5:00 PM 5:00 PM
Brookfield 17345 Civic Dr. 53045 5:00 PM 5:00 PM
New Berlin 15300 W. Howard Ave. 53151 4:00 PM 4:00 PM
Oshkosh 1025 W. 20th Ave. 54902 5:30 PM 8:00 PM
Milwaukee Main Office 345 W. St. Paul Ave. 53201 2:00 PM 6:30 PM
Middleton - Madison 7613 Elmwood Ave. 53562 2:00 PM 2:00 PM
Verona - Madison 100 Enterprise Dr. 53593 2:00 PM 2:00 PM
Hilldale - Madison 601 Sawyer Terr. 53705 2:00 PM 2:00 PM
Southside - Madison 820 W. Wingra Dr. 53715 2:00 PM 2:00 PM

The following Post Office retail counters and collections from blue collection boxes in the Lakeland District will operate on their regular weekday schedule and the last collection time for mail deposited in blue collection boxes that day.

PO Name PO Address 5-digit ZIP Regular
Retail  Closing
Last Collection Time
Kingsford 700 W. Breitung Ave. 49802 5:00 PM 8:00 PM
Kenosha 5605 Sheridan Rd. 53140 6:00 PM 5:00 PM
Waukesha 300 E. Broadway Ave. 53186 5:00 PM 5:00 PM
North Shore 5651 N. Lydell Ave. 53217 6:30 PM 6:00 PM
Wauwatosa 1655 N. Mayfair Rd. 53226 6:30 PM 5:00 PM
Air Mail Center 5500 S. Howell Ave. 53237 7:30 PM 7:15 PM
Racine 603 Main St. 53403 5:00 PM 5:00 PM
Four Mile 2635 4-Mile Rd. 53404 5:00 PM 5:00 PM
West Racine 1300 Perry Ave. 53406 5:30 PM 5:00 PM
Capitol 215 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. 53703 5:00 PM 5:00 PM
Westside 733 Struck St. 53711 7:30 PM 6:00 PM
Madison 205 Corporate Dr. 53714 7:00 PM 5:00 PM
University 441 N. Lake St. 53715 6:00 PM 5:00 PM
Cofrin 1950 Cofrin Dr. 54302 5:30 PM 5:30 PM
Green Bay 300 Packerland Dr. 54303 6:00 PM 7:30 PM
Wausau 235 Forest St. 54403 6:00 PM 3:45 PM
Appleton 410 W. Franklin St. 54911 6:00 PM 5:00 PM

Commercial customers are asked to check with their Bulk Mail Acceptance Unit for July 3rd hours of operation. To obtain the phone number of a specific Post Office, customers may call 1-800-ASK-USPS.

Post Office retail counters will be closed on Saturday, July 4, 2009 (Independence Day – a federal holiday) and there will be no mail delivery.

Post Offices retail counters will resume regularly scheduled hours on operation on Monday, July 6. 

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