The downtown redevelopment comes as Hy-Vee converts its West Des Moines HealthMarket, the only stand-alone location for the concept, into a wine and liquor store, which the company is calling Wall ...

Des Moines offered economic incentives to Hy-Vee to open the store, but only if offered full service with hours of 6am to 11pm . At the time, Hy-Vee said they were losing money due to increased crime.

As with the downtown Des Moines store, Hy-Vee in 2002 got a city incentive package to build a new store in a Cedar Rapids neighborhood on the edge of downtown.

Des Moines City Council on Monday unanimously approved an agreement with Hy-Vee to set minimum hours of operation for the downtown grocery store, ending a months-long upheaval.

Hy-Vee's downtown Des Moines store is getting a new layout. In recent weeks, temporary partitions have been placed in the wine and spirits section at Hy-Vee's Fourth and Court store at 420 Court Ave.

Hy-Vee is now closing the doors of its downtown store at 6 p.m. every night in a move that one city leader says could jeopardize some special tax incentives from the city.

Hy-Vee is trimming the hours its downtown store by one-third, responding to declining morning and evening traffic and what a spokesperson said has been an increase "in theft and loitering." The ...

Hy-Vee has reopened a second entrance to its downtown Des Moines location, partially reversing a modification that once forced some shoppers to walk around the store. Why it matters: The change ...

Des Moines police, residents and Hy-Vee agree: Downtown is getting safer despite a September double homicide in the Court Avenue entertainment district and concerns the grocery chain raised after ...

The soon-to-be EMC Insurance Expo Center is less than a mile from the company's downtown Des Moines headquarters. EMC has 2,200 employees, with 1,100 based in Des Moines, and is among the top 60 ...

The downtown Des Moines Hy-Vee has hit a rough patch. It's not alone. Why downtown grocery stores across the US have struggled since the pandemic: ...