Hy-Vee spent $3 million building the store in 2014. It was intended to serve people living in the nearby neighborhoods who lacked transportation or who preferred a store they could walk to.

Samantha Gaskill dropped off one of her children at school Tuesday morning before swinging by the Hy-Vee Grocery Store on Rockingham Road. She bought a couple 12-packs of Mountain Dew for the kids ...