A hitch in the mail service has delayed delivery of utility bills for several Iolans this month.
Iola City Council members were told the bills were apparently stuck in a postal facility in Kansas City for several days after they were mailed by the city on Jan. 30.
The affected customers started receiving their bills on Saturday, more than a week after they were sent out.
“I’m not picking on the U.S. Postal Service,” City Administrator Matt Rehder said. “They were put out in the mail on a timely basis, but they were not processed on a timely…
