Thanksgiving 2017: What's Open And Closed In The Des Moines Area

It's almost time to sit down with the family and feast on turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes and pumpkin pie. While some people — including employees at some retail stores — will be working on the holiday, many area businesses and offices will be closed, giving workers a day off.

Here are the holiday schedules in effect this week:

Animal shelters: City of Des Moines Animal Care and Control Center stray dropoff and all Animal Rescue League of Iowa adoption sites will be closed Thursday.

Banks: Closed Thursday; most will be open Friday and Saturday.

Buses: DART buses will not run Thursday. Buses will operate on the regular weekday schedule on Friday and regular weekend schedule Saturday and Sunday.

Garbage collection: Thursday routes in Des Moines will be collected Friday and Friday routes will be collected Saturday. Collection also will be delayed a day in Urbandale, West Des Moines and for customers of Waste Management and Ankeny Sanitation.

Gas/convenience stores: Most will be open regular hours, including QuikTrip, Casey's, Kum & Go, and Git n Go.

Government offices: All city, Polk and Dallas counties, state and federal offices will be closed Thursday. City offices in Des Moines, Johnston and West Des Moines will be closed Friday. State offices will be closed Friday, but federal offices will be open Friday.

Grocery stores: Hy-Vee stores will close at 3 p.m. Thursday and reopen at 5 a.m. Friday. Price Chopper stores will close at 1 p.m. Thursday. Whole Foods will be open 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday. Trader Joe's will be closed Thursday.

Libraries: Des Moines and Johnston will be closed Friday. West Des Moines libraries will close at 5 p.m. Tuesday and will be closed Wednesday.

Mail: U.S. Postal Service mail will not be delivered Thursday and post offices will be closed.

Schools: Most public schools and school offices in the metro area will be closed Wednesday through Friday.

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