120-employee Kmart to close in Defiance

7/8/2008

DEFIANCE A Kmart store at 190 Stadium Dr. in Defiance is to close this fall, taking with it the jobs of 120 workers.

Kmart Corp. has notified the state Department of Job and Family Services it intends to close the store, with layoffs beginning Sept. 8. The notice did not indicate why the store was being shuttered.