Middle Amana News

MIDDLE AMANA - You can take a step back in time, at the Iowa Renaissance Festival over Memorial Day Weekend.

The U.S. Postal Service on Tuesday agreed to delay the closing of 252 mail processing centers and 3,700 local post offices until mid-May. In a statement, the cash-strapped agency said it would hold off on closings by several weeks to give Congress more time to pass legislation that would give it more authority and liquidity to stave off bankruptcy.

Now that the winter wonderland is on its way, it's time to bust out our heavier coats and thicker... Rural post offices like this one in Middle Amana may be on the way out in order to cut spending.

Written by Catherine Bush, 'Wooden Snowflakes' opens today and runs through Dec.

Boubker Lakadmi of Marengo makes an initial appearance at the Iowa County Courthourse in Marengo on Wednesday, May 4, 2011on charges of making a threat of terrorism.