Good news for hundreds of rural Post Offices.

The United States Postal Services says they'll stay open but with shorter hours.

As many 3,700 low revenue post offices had been set to close next week.

That includes this post office in hope, though it's still not clear which post offices will stay open.

The Postmaster General says the new plan will save the agency a half a billion dollars a year.

The public is invited to a groundbreaking ceremony at 11:15 a.m. Wednesday, May 9th for the Freeborn County Historical Museum, Library & Village’s expansion project.

The expansion will add approximately 10,000 square feet to the existing museum building. The additional space will house an expanded museum library, meeting rooms, a children’s learning lab, additional restrooms on both levels, an elevator, as well as a new entrance and reception area.  More convenient parking, expanded archive, storage and work areas, expanded exhibit space, and an Albert Lea High School exhibit are also planned. Larson Contracting, of Lake Mills, Iowa, will build the addition.

“The time is right and the time is now,” says Mulso. “We are just at capacity and in order to continue preserving Freeborn County’s history we need more room.”

Phase one of the project will cost $1 million, with the total expansion projected to be just over $1.7 million.