Younkers is finally closing today in Iowa

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The remaining Younkers stores here in Iowa are all scheduled to close today.

It's the end of an era for Younker's shoppers as the department stores across the state are closing their doors for good today.

Before malls were popular in eastern Iowa, the rise of department stores started in downtown Cedar Rapids.

Younkers first opened their first Cedar Rapids store in Westdale back in 1979. It even featured a restaurant called the Peacock Room on the second floor. Although the store at Westdale closed earlier this year, department stores as a whole are seeing a decline.

The Dubuque one was even older, dating back to 1968. I think it was the last original Kennedy Mall anchor tenant left.

I went there yesterday and there was just a few racks of clothes and miscellaneous items left. The store was pretty much empty except for the fixtures and a couple employees.

Kind of sad to see them go. (I wonder if Kimmy and her groupies will try to blame this on Hubble)?