Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties

Mercer gets new postmaster

By RICHARD JENKINS

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MERCER, Wis. — The town of Mercer has a new postmaster after Niki Bock was sworn in Friday afternoon in front of the town’s post office.

As postmaster, Bock will oversee the general operations of the post office.

“I do everything from throw mail to take customer complaints,” she said after the brief ceremony. Anything (the customers) need … help with. I pretty much oversee everything.”

Bock, who is from Hurley, said she started her seven-year career with the U.S. Postal Service as a mail carrier in Ironwood before becoming a supervisor in Escanaba...