The former Big Lots, 616 W. Johnson St., is already seeing some new activity. Big Lots announced its impending closure in July, part of the company's plan to close 35-40 stores this year as a result of inflation and other macroeconomic challenges.

Mendoza, the man charged in connection to a domestic violence stabbing that occurred in Fond du Lac, pleaded no contest to attempted first degree intentional homicide, with a dangerous weapon and domestic abuse on Nov.

FOND DU LAC – Fond du Lac readers have been asking "What's going on with Meijer?" over the years after passing the vacant portion of Forest Mall property on Johnson Street. Midwest supermarket chain Meijer first eyed Fond du Lac in 2018 and started the process of buying land on the Forest Mall property, 835 W. Johnson St.

A man who was in the U.S. illegally was convicted of trying to kill his wife with a knife in Fond du Lac. Fermin Teodoro Lopez-Mendoza plead no contest to attempted first degree intentional homicide,