There's been a lot of talk in the last two days about postal service dropping from 6 days a week to 5. As News 12's Erick Lind tells us...may be just talk right now... but it could become reality unless some action is taken to help out the service. A survey done 15 years ago determined Tuesday was the slowest delivery day for postal workers. The recent discussion that the United States Postal Service might need to cut a day from delivering doesn't necessarily mean Tuesday would be that day. It does show the service like much of the country is having economic problems too. Postal officials say 9 billion fewer pieces of mail were processed last year nationally. That is a 4 1/2 percent decrease and the trend looks to continue in 2009, which could make 5-day delivery a reality. That idea doesn't sit well with some. Ruthie Hendrycks says, "I'm really not for it actually. My concern is that it's going to put even more people unemployed because we will have to cut the staff and its service we rely on." While many customers are opposing the thought of going from 6 to 5 delivery days, the Postal Service says it won't necessarily happen if the right steps are taken. Jim Colebank says, "It would be not bad, but I like getting mail six days a week, but I guess if they've got to save somehow, you got to save money." 5.4 billion dollars per year go toward pre-funded health benefits for future retirees, just one reason the postal service to look for cost-cutting measures. Still some say congress could take action without issuing a blank check. Hendrycks adds, "Let's get Congress, the Senate, the Representatives all on board to save these things instead of continually slashing them or bailing them out." Postal officials say a switch would likely only affect a couple weeks during the slower months. And that is only if Congress would approve the change. In New Ulm and Nicollet, Erick Lind, News 12.