Sears Holdings Corp. announced that it is closing Kmart stores in Hales Corners, Greenfield and Portage as it continues to shrink its footprint amid net losses and declining sales. The stores will close in mid-April 2014, eliminating 314 positions.

Most of the affected employees are part-time or hourly, and those who are eligible will receive severance and the chance to apply for other open positions. The Milwaukee-area stores are at 5600 S. 108th St., Hales Corners, and 4601 S. 27th St., Greenfield. The company recently closed its Brookfield Kmart at 18200 W. Blue Mound Road.

The Sears store at Regency Mall in Racine is scheduled to close in January 2014.