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Local Bergner’s NOT among those closing

Bergner’s stores are slated to close as its parent company plans to shutter dozens of stores in the U.S. But one that is NOT closing is in Galesburg.

Milwaukee-based Bon-Ton Stores says store closing sales are beginning Thursday at 42 stores under the Bergner’s, Carson’s, Younker’s, Elder-Beerman, and other names, and are expected to take up to 12 weeks to complete.

And while there are seven mostly Carson’s stores in Illinois that are closing, only one of those is close to Galesburg — the Bergner’s store in Peoria’s Sheridan Village.

According to a news release, Bon-Ton says the 42 closings and five others already announced are part of a “previously communicated store rationalization program.”

The Berger’s store at Sandburg Mall will be the only anchor store left — and one of the only stores left there altogether — when JC Penney’s shuts down in a few months after almost a century in business here.

(Bergner’s file photo from Bon-Ton Stores)

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