Brainerd Post Office News Today

The Dispatch news staff members voted on the top 10 stories of the year 2023.

As a U.S. citizen and payer of federal income tax, I should be allowed the service for which the U.S. Postal Service is supposed to provide!

North Brainerd residents remain confused about a letter from the post office threatening to hold their mail if mailboxes are not moved to the curb by June 24.

The delegation asked what solutions the Postal Service is pursuing, including strategies being implemented to help local post offices resolve the current mail backlog and address staffing shortages.

A look through the Brainerd Dispatch archives with Terry McCollough combing the microfilm for tidbits of history through the decades going back to 1923.

Eighth Congressional District Rep. Pete Stauber said Thursday he received a number of calls from those concerned about delays in their mail delivery from the U.S. Postal Service.

Jelinski set a goal to manage his own store by age 30 and got there just six months past his timetable. This year, he was looking forward to enjoying the holidays outside of his job.

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Bundled against the 30 degree below windchill, people arrived at the Brainerd Post Office Friday, Dec. 23, hoping to collect things they had ordered to be delivered before Christmas.

The Brainerd post office’s early years were marred by the arrest and incarceration of one of its postmasters, and a daring vault and safe break-in that resulted in the theft of more than $1,000.