MILWAUKEE (WKOW) – The U.S. Postal Service is moving
several Wisconsin processing and distribution facility operations, including
the one in Portage.
The Postal Service says Portage mail processing will go
to Madison; Kenosha's will be moved to Milwaukee; La Crosse and Eau Claire will
be moved to St. Paul, Minnesota; and Wausau's will move to Green Bay. Right now,
there is no word on when the consolidations will take place.
The retail operations at the facilities will remain open.
According to The Postal Service, the changes are due to
the results of the five-month-long study. The number of jobs the changes will
affect has yet to be determined.
In the past, the Postal Service said 252 processing sites
may close as a way of saving money as mail volume declines.
