Kmart closures mean 100 Iowans will lose their jobs

The closure of two Kmart stores in Eastern Iowa will mean about 100 people will lose their jobs.

The national retail chain said last month it would shutter its store in Iowa City, the last of its kind in the Corridor. A report from Business Insider later listed additional closures, including a Marshalltown location.

Those stores will cease operation in September.

When they close, 50 people in Marshalltown and 49 in Iowa City will lose their jobs, according to a recently updated state log of company layoffs and closures. A spokesman for the company did not respond when asked previously how many employees would be affected by the layoffs.

The state log also shows Falls Church, Va.-based General Dynamics has conducted additional layoffs at its Coralville office. The company said in April it would start staff reductions at the location, with an initial count including 220 employees.

The list from Iowa Workforce Development shows an additional 21 people will be laid off later this year.

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