<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=1wELtW_1FOvy6RD00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=1wELtW_1FOvy6RD00" width="1200" height="600" >SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) - The U.S. Postal Service is set to overhaul how mail moves through South Dakota, announcing plans to upgrade its Sioux Falls processing plant to a Regional Processing and Distribution Center beginning January 1, 2027.The upgrade caps a nearly yearlong assessment of the Postal Service’s processing and logistics operations across South Dakota’s three mail plants in Sioux Falls, Huron (Dakota Central) and Rapid City.Currently classified as a Processing and Distribution Center, the Sioux Falls facility has sent originating mail out of state to Omaha, Nebraska, for further processing. Under the new model, Sioux Falls will become a major node in the Postal Service’s modernized network, allowing it to handle most originating and destinating mail and packages for South Dakota directly, while also providing faster inter-plant connections to other major hubs nationwide.The shift also means most intrastate mail from Huron and Rapid City, which has been routed to Fargo, North Dakota, and Denver, Colorado, respectively, will instead be processed in Sioux Falls.Postal Service officials say the change will allow for quicker service standards within the state, potentially cutting one to two days off delivery time for a letter, though actual travel time may still vary depending on drop-off location, timing and method of entry, among other factors.American Postal Workers Union Vice President Manny Lopez sent in a statement to Dakota News Now regarding the change.<blockquote>I am so excited, South Dakota’s mail is coming home. Sioux Falls P&amp;DC will become South Dakota’s Regional Processing &amp; Distribution Center (RPDC), meaning all South Dakota mail will be sorted right here in Sioux Falls. This brings back timely, dependable service and upholds the integrity of mail delivery for our communities, from Tea to Timber Lake, and lets Omaha, Fargo, and Billings focus on their own states. This was a long, exhausting fight. Management told us it couldn’t be done. They told us to accept the delays. APWU kept fighting. When we fight, we win. Thank you, Senator Mike Rounds, for standing with Union workers and for putting the final pressure on USPS to bring our mail processing back home. Today we Celebrate. Tomorrow, we will keep fighting. The struggle continues — we now begin the fight for USPS to restore retail integrity and hire additional window clerks at both Sioux Falls stations.American Postal Workers Union Vice President Manny Lopez</blockquote>The overhaul traces back to the 2023-2024 Mail Processing Facility Review, which prompted a broader, more comprehensive evaluation of mail flow throughout South Dakota. That review found that having the state’s three processing plants each feed into a different out-of-state hub was creating unintended service issues.In late June 2026, the Postal Service installed a new Parallel Induction Linear Sorter package machine in Sioux Falls, which operates 40 percent faster than previous equipment. That machine is only part of a broader equipment upgrade underway across South Dakota’s mail facilities. Postal Service officials say new and upgraded machines will increase package sorting throughput, improve automation for larger packages, increase sortation accuracy and improve machine reliability.The Postal Service says it will continue to monitor costs, volume, and operational performance following the change and will make adjustments as needed.</div></body>

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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) - The U.S. Postal Service is set to overhaul how mail moves through South Dakota, announcing plans to upgrade its Sioux Falls processing plant to a Regional Processing and Distribution Center beginning January 1, 2027. The upgrade caps a nearly yearlong assessment of the...

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