De­vel­opment work planned for former De Pere Shopko

DE PERE, Wis. — Hours before the doors open for business at "Hey, Soup Sister" in De Pere, staff are busy preparing the days food.

That includes Kahlie Hill. She spent a recent morning slicing tomatoes and preparing cilantro at the custom soup cafe.

Hey, Soup Sister opened four years ago and draws people from around Green Bay to its location at 115 N. Wisconsin St. in downtown De Pere.

“We’ll have people come down and they’ll say, ‘I’m from Suamico and I’ve wanted to try this,’” Hill said. “Most of our regulars live and work in the downtown area. It’s close for them, but we’ve got people who come in from everywhere.”

She can look out the front window of cafe and see the site of a former Shopko store that closed five years ago...