Templeton Rye and Sweets at Living History Farms

Living History Farms announces its next two Cabin Fever events.

UPDATE: Hy-Vee Offers to Rehire Disabled Man

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.

Urbandale Kmart To Remain Open

Sears Holdings, which owns Kmart and Sears, announced earlier this week that it would close 100 to 120 stores.

Layaway Angels Spread Generosity Beyond Urbandale

Urbandale Kmart assistant manager Christine Embree estimates that 20 anonymous donors have paid off about $3,000 in layaway bills for customers.

Urban Liquor's New Owners Promise Longer Hours, More Products

Brothers from Oskaloosa have purchased the Urbandale business that was operated by the Scherer-Schoelerman family for 25 years.

Eight Days Till Christmas: Toys

The Learning Post has rows and rows of quality childrens toys.

18 Shopping Days Until Christmas

Today's Gift Idea: Sock monkeys from Things on Douglas

Urbandale Restaurant Gets Facelift; Reopens After Five Months

Irina's welcomes customers back today at 6 p.m. with a grand opening and an open house.

Patch's Best Ever Guide to Black Friday

If you're absolutely, positively determined to go to any length to get the best deals, this Patch guide can help.

Choosing Wine for Thanksgiving: Advice from Urban Liquor

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.

POLL: Is Bacon as Bad as Cigarettes?

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.

New Urbandale Store Joins Frozen Yogurt Bandwagon

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.

Urbandale's New Hy-Vee Store to Be Largest in Metro

New features will include Caribou Coffee, an expanded health market, a sushi bar and an oatmeal bar.

Bob Brown Anniversary Party Thursday

Bob Brown Cherolet is celebrating its 50th birthday with an open house on Thursday at its Merle Hay Road location.

Iowa's Biggest Used-Car Lot in Urbandale?

The Urbandale City Council will be asked to approve a new enlarged plan for a Carmax used-car dealership -- the first in Iowa.

Some Urbandale Child-Care Workers Not Getting Unemployment

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.

Daycare Owner Apologizes in Email for Closing Urbandale and West Des Moines Centers

Here is the full email Theresa Mulhern sent to parents Saturday to announce the closing of her businesses.

Exclusive: Owner of Urbandale Daycare Closes WDM Center Too

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.

Sheriff Locks Mulhern Out of Urbandale Child-Care Center

Imagination Station's landlord has sued Imagination and Education Station and taken control of the property.

Urbandale Center Closing Permanently

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.

Urbandale Picketing Workers File for Unemployment

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.

Parents Scramble, Pull Kids from Urbandale Child Care Center

Some parents who had used the Urbandale center are complaining and frantically looking for alternate care for their children.

UPDATE: End of Day; Still No Pay for Strikers

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.

Urbandale Child Care Center Closes After Picketing

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.

Urbandale Mom: Sell What You Know

Erin Richerson focused on a product she knows - children's clothing - in opening Little Repeats, in Westmark Plaza behind Panera Bread on 86th Street.

VIDEO: Business Percolating at PerKup, Urbandale's Newest Coffee Shop

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.