Sears Stores to Remain Open

Almost 100 people in the area will be able to keep their jobs now that Sears has been saved from elimination.

The company’s chairman and largest shareholder, Eddie Lampert, won a bankruptcy auction for Sears, averting liquidation of the iconic chain.

Lampert, who steered the company into Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in October, is aiming to keep open roughly 400 stores and preserve tens of thousands of jobs around the nation.