MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) -- In Milwaukee's Silver City neighborhood, a convenience store with a boarded-up window has a handwritten message, barely visible from the street. It says, "Yes, we're open."

The owners of the store on 38th and National want their neighbors to know that two break-ins in July will not shut them down. 

"They emptied our lottery display. They took a lot of our food. We sell a lot of personal hygiene products and cleaning products; they took a lot of that." 

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Co-owner Jessica Jimenez is talking about two burglaries that happened about two weeks apart. 

The robbers, seen on security video, took boxes of food and merchandise and in one of the break-ins, they smashed a window. 

This is a small, family-run business and the losses are tough to overcome. But since the break-ins, the owners have increased their security, and they want people to know they're staying open. 

"I know online, a lot of people are saying, 'just move,' but we really enjoy our community, we enjoy our neighbors and our customers, so that's not even an option for us," Jimenez said. "We just want to figure out and solve the problems that we have."

No arrests have been made yet, but at last word, police are looking for at least one known suspect. 

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