Dont believe those rumors, Kmart headquarters says

Persistent rumors that the Havre Kmart will close in the next few months or few days just aren't true, the Kmart corporate office said today.

"Our chairman has said we need all stores as we enter the holiday season," said Susan Dennis, spokeswoman at Kmart's Troy, Mich., headquarters. "There will be no closures at this time."

Jody Neibauer, an assistant manager at the Havre store, said people in the community have been asking if the store is going to close.

"Every once in a while we've been hearing rumors," she said. "They're just rumors."

David Sohm, another of the store's assistant managers,...