I saw this in the news yesterday, and although I don't live in Iowa, I'm seeing some of the same things.
https://www.kcrg.com/2024/03/26/weve-been-stonewalled-no-answers-usps-missing-mail/
Late last year, my wife sent her son a birthday card. It was returned as undeliverable. He lives in an apartment with roommates, maybe his name isn't registered with the post office. I don't know.
A while ago, a mailman stuck a card on the inside of our mailbox door, with my last name, and my wife's last name before she married me (going on 6 years now). The only things she gets with that last name on it are catalogs and junk mail. I drew a line though that name. Maybe that's when the trouble started.
She ordered something recently off eBay, tracking said 'delivered'. No package. 3 weeks later, the package mysteriously appeared on our doorstep.
I ordered something off eBay in mid February, about 2 weeks after I got it the seller messaged me, asking if I got it. I did, but tracking never updated to 'delivered', so eBay wasn't going to pay him. I confirmed I received it ( I had already left him positive feedback the day I received it ), and I guess he got paid, he hasn't contacted me again.
I get three tax forms from one entity. Two were delivered, one returned, and they called me asking if I moved. Nope. Had to go to their office to pick up the third form.
We get reminder post cards for the dog licenses. Only got one. No idea what happened to the other one.
Anyone else have similar stories?