Living History Farms announces its next two Cabin Fever events.
The man's mother alleges Hy-Vee was looking for an excuse to fire her son because the store didn't want to pay him the wage and benefits of his tenure.
Sears Holdings, which owns Kmart and Sears, announced earlier this week that it would close 100 to 120 stores.
Urbandale Kmart assistant manager Christine Embree estimates that 20 anonymous donors have paid off about $3,000 in layaway bills for customers.
Brothers from Oskaloosa have purchased the Urbandale business that was operated by the Scherer-Schoelerman family for 25 years.
The Learning Post has rows and rows of quality childrens toys.
Today's Gift Idea: Sock monkeys from Things on Douglas
Irina's welcomes customers back today at 6 p.m. with a grand opening and an open house.
If you're absolutely, positively determined to go to any length to get the best deals, this Patch guide can help.
You don't have to be an expert to pick a good wine with Thanksgiving dinner, says a mother-daughter team at Urban Liquor in Urbandale.
A national physicians' group is planning a billboard just east of Urbandale that will compare bacon to cigarettes as a carcinogen. Them's fightin' words in Iowa. Take our poll and tell us what you think in our comments section.
Self-serve yogurt shops are popping up all over the metro area. The appeal is to create your own taste sensation by combining yogurt flavors and toppings. What's your favorite combination? Tell us in the comments at the bottom of this article.
New features will include Caribou Coffee, an expanded health market, a sushi bar and an oatmeal bar.
Bob Brown Cherolet is celebrating its 50th birthday with an open house on Thursday at its Merle Hay Road location.
The Urbandale City Council will be asked to approve a new enlarged plan for a Carmax used-car dealership -- the first in Iowa.
Child-care workers who picketed an Urbandale child-care center last week for their paychecks may be out their lost wages and unemployment benefits now that the business has closed.
Here is the full email Theresa Mulhern sent to parents Saturday to announce the closing of her businesses.
In an email sent Saturday, Theresa Mulhern, owner of Imagination and Education Stations in Urbandale and West Des Moines, attributes the closure to parents pulling their children out of care.
Imagination Station's landlord has sued Imagination and Education Station and taken control of the property.
In an email sent to parents Wednesday, the owner of the embattled Imagination and Education Station child-care center says she will close the center permanently. Theresa Mulhern blames striking workers.
Running out of money and running out of patience, striking child-care workers went to state officials Thursday morning, filing for unemployment, filing for lost wages and even visiting the governor's office.
Some parents who had used the Urbandale center are complaining and frantically looking for alternate care for their children.
About a dozen child-care workers at Imagination and Education Station in Urbandale picketed the company's West Des Moines center in the rain Wednesday.
Employees at the Imagination and Education Station picketed the business on Monday. On Tuesday, a sign at the center said it was closed for the rest of the week.
Erin Richerson focused on a product she knows - children's clothing - in opening Little Repeats, in Westmark Plaza behind Panera Bread on 86th Street.
The PerKup Cafe opened in what some called downtown Urbandale's jinxed location. The new owners say they aren't worried; their business brews only good karma.