Cedar Rapids Gazette: A Wisconsin-based retailer with 36 Iowa locations, mostly in small towns, is planning to close 20 of the stores by the end of May after filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. On Wednesday, Shopko officials announced the closing of 139 additional Shopko and Shopko Hometown stores as well as plans to relocate approximately 50 optical centers in closing stores to new freestanding locations, reports the Daily Nonpareil.