Another original anchor of Crossroads Mall in Waterloo is biting the dust. This time it’s Sears, reported earlier this month (Courier, KWWL, KCRG), following J.C. Penney in 2015. Crossroads has been able to replace the Penney’s with an At Home, but now what?
This was “our” Sears. I think most if not every major appliance we got for decades came from this place. (Movable dishwashers are NOT easy to find.) The vacuum that died last month — one old enough it was still made from quality — was from the Crossroads Sears.
KWWL and the official closings list also mention that two Kmarts will be closing, in Red Oak and Urbandale. The former is the only big-box retailer in Montgomery County; the nearest Wal-Mart is in Shenandoah. There will be 10 Kmarts left in the entire state of Iowa, after three closed in 2017.