Iowa
Express filed for bankruptcy this week. These Iowa stores are closing.
Express will be closing stores in Iowa and across the country as part of a bankruptcy plan announced by the company.
The Columbus, Ohio-based retailer currently operates around 530 Express, Express Edit and Express Factory Outlet stores in the U.S. and Puerto Rico. There are also seven stores in Mexico and Central America, according to the Express store locator. It also owns Bonobos and UpWest.
It filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Monday. The company received a $35 million commitment in new financing from certain existing lenders, subject to court approval. Express also received $49 million from the IRS on April 15 from the pandemic-era CARES Act, according to USA TODAY.
The company plans to sell its retail stores to an investor group, which includes WHP Global, Simon Property Group and Brookfield Properties. Jordan Creek Town Center in West Des Moines and Coral Ridge Mall in Coralville are both owned by Brookfield.
Here is what to know about the Express closures and how Iowa stores will be affected.
How many Express stores are closing?
There will be 95 Express locations closing. The closures are spread across 29 states and Washington D.C., according to Market Watch. The closures will consist of 75 typical retail locations closing and 20 factory-outlet stores. All of the UpWest stores will also close.
When will Express start closing stores?
The company will start liquidation sales at closing stores on April 23. All of Express’ brands are still fulfilling orders and processing returns. Its merchandise policies remain unchanged, and gift cards and store credits can still be used in stores that remain open.
How many Express locations are closing in Iowa?
Only three Express locations are closing in Iowa. They are all factory outlet stores.
These include:
- Cedar Rapids: Lindale Mall, 4444 1st Ave. NE
- Davenport: Northpark Mall, 320 W. Kimberly Road
- Williamsburg: Outlets & Marketplace Williamsburg, 150 Tanger Drive
Iowa’s remaining stores in West Des Moines, Coral Ridge and Altoona will keep operating.
Reporting contributed by Emily DeLetter.
Kate Kealey is a general assignment reporter for the Register. Reach her at kkealey@registermedia.com or follow her on Twitter at @Kkealey17.
What are your chances of winning any prize on the Powerball game?
Powerball is a popular lottery game around the U.S. but winning isn’t easy.
The Powerball Jackpot keeps getting bigger. No one was the winner on Wednesday, Dec. 17, which means $1.5 billion is now up for grabs.
This is now the fifth-largest jackpot in the game’s history.
How many Iowa Lottery tickets won prizes in latest Powerball drawing?
Iowa Lottery players won 28,677 prizes in Wednesday’s drawing, and this time, no one got close to winning the grand prize. Prizes ranged from $4 to $400.
What were the winning Powerball numbers in Wednesday’s drawing?
The winning numbers in Wednesday’s drawing were 25-33-53-62-66 and Powerball 17. The Power Playmultiplier was 4.
When is the next Powerball drawing?
The next Powerball drawing will be on Saturday, Dec. 20. The game has drawings on Mondays, Wednesday and Saturdays each week.
The Powerball jackpot has been growing since early September, and Saturday’s drawing will mark the 45th in the current jackpot run, a record for most drawings in a single jackpot cycle, according to the news release.
How many Iowa Lottery Powerball tickets were sold?
Iowa Lottery players bought nearly $1.75 million in Powerball tickets for last night’s drawing, including $1.24 million in tickets on Wednesday alone. But the average Powerball purchase in Iowa for Wednesday’s drawing remained around $6, or about three plays per ticket.
Lucia Cheng is a service and trending reporter at the Des Moines Register. Contact her at lcheng@gannett.com or 515-284-8132.
Arizona got caught up in the swirl of college baseball coaches leaving for professional jobs this offseason, losing pitching coach John DeRouin to a coordinator position with the New York Mets organization. But the Wildcats didn’t take long finding a replacement, one with a strong pedigree in the collegiate ranks.
Kendall Rogers of D1Baseball.com is reporting the UA will hire Iowa’s Sean Kenny as pitching coach. Kenny will techincally be Arizona’s fourth pitching coach in five seasons under Chip Hale, though DeRouin only served in that role during the offseason following Kevin Vance’s departure in June to become San Diego State’s head coach.
Kenny, 53, spent the 2025 season at Iowa where his staff ranked 16th in the country in ERA and 11th in strikeouts per nine innings. The Hawkeyes went 33-22-1 but missed the NCAA Tournament.
Prior to Iowa, Kenny spent the 2023 season at Iowa and before that was at Georgia from 2018-23. He’s also coached at Michigan, Maryland, Pepperdine and San Diego. The 2026 season will be his 30th in college baseball.
Arizona, which is coming off a trip to the College World Series, returns weekend starters Owen Kramkowski and Smith Bailey and NCBWA Stopper of the Year Tony Pluta among several other pitchers from the team that went 44-21.
The UA opens the 2026 season on Feb. 13 in Surprise against former Pac-12 foe Stanford, part of a tournament that also includes Oregon State and Michigan. The home opener is Feb. 17 vs. Omaha at Hi Corbett Field.
President Donald Trump, Gov. Kim Reynolds, members of Iowa’s congressional delegation and families are receiving the bodies of fallen Iowa National Guard soldiers Sgt. William Nathaniel “Nate” Howard, 29, of Marshalltown, and Sgt. Edgar Torres-Tovar, 25, of Des Moines and a civilian interpreter, Ayad Mansoor Sakat, of Michigan.
The dignified transfer ceremony is expected to happen this afternoon at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware.
All three were killed Saturday, Dec. 13, by an attacker who targeted a convoy of American and Syrian forces in Palmyra, Syria, before being shot dead.
Their caskets will be transferred from the plane to an awaiting vehicle and taken to the Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations building at the Dover base “for positive identification by the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System and preparation for their final resting place.”
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