Postal Facility Update And Other Headlines

The U.S. postal facility planned across the street from South Milwaukee’s 4th District may not be a postal facility at all.

That’s according to this story from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. From it:

The Oak Creek Plan Commission, at its Tuesday night meeting, will consider a request to change the development plan to allow for creating an alternate project for the site, said Doug Seymour, community development director.

There are no specific alternatives yet, Seymour said. But it makes sense to begin planning for that possibility given the prospects for the original project, he said.

Seymour said city officials are working with Cobalt and the Postal Service “to try to get something going on that property.” The land, once used for farming, hasn’t been paying property taxes since it was sold to the Postal Service, Seymour said.

The agency hasn’t yet dropped its plans for the site, said Tim Ratliff, a Postal Service spokesman.

“We always like to keep our options open,” he said.

I’ll keep you posted on this story. In the meantime, check out these other local headlines:

• Day After Hearing On 3rd OWI Charge, Oak Creek Man Arrested For Driving Drunk Again (Oak Creek Patch)
• Man Busted With Two Large Bags Of Marijuana In Oak Creek (Oak Creek Patch)
• Oak Creek High School Students Mourn Loss Of Classmate (Oak Creek Patch)
• Downed Wires Casuse Shut Down On Rawson Avenue (Oak Creek Patch)