We really love our post office people!  (Implying consolidation will somehow result in the post office service changes.)
                                                                 - A local city council member with a new version of an old rumor

Fact:  We all love our post office people who do a great job and render caring, personal service every single day.  Consolidation has nothing whatsoever to do with the post offices.  When the cities of Iron River and Stambaugh, Michigan consolidated thirteen years ago, each city had its own post office.  Today, there is just the one consolidated city with both post offices still in operation.  Post-office decisions are federal government matters.  Implying that consolidation will affect the post offices is just one more example of fear-mongering.

See if you can spot the two post offices still operating today in the consolidated City of Iron River.  (Hint: There's one on each side of the river.)