Prange Way
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Prange Way was a chain of discount stores owned by the H.C. Prange Co. of Sheboygan, Wisconsin which began as a Filene's Basement-type discount shop in the basement of the flagship Prange building, in 1911, then became a discount retailer in the vein of Kmart, Wal-Mart and Target. They had many locations throughout Wisconsin, Illinois, and Michigan. The chain was reported to have gone bankrupt in 1997.
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[edit] Former locations
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[edit] Illinois
- Machesney Park: Machesney Park Mall (closed mid-1980s, later Phar-Mor, now Seventh Avenue Furniture)
- Rockford: Cherryvale Mall (closed mid-1980s, now mall space)
[edit] Michigan
- Marquette: Westwood Mall (converted to Kmart in 1980s; now Kohl's)
[edit] Wisconsin
- Appleton:
- Downtown, in basement of Prange's
- West College Avenue (now Big Lots and Gold's Gym)
- Chippewa Falls: Chippewa Mall (now a movie theater)
- Eau Claire: London Square Mall (mall demolished)
- Fond Du Lac: Forest Mall (now Sears)
- Green Bay:
- Green Bay Plaza (now Linens 'n Things and TJ Maxx)
- Downtown (occupied 4th floor of Prange's building; Port Plaza Mall later retro-fitted to store. Store closed)
- East Town Mall (now Kohl's)
- Lake Geneva: Geneva Square (now Aurora Health Care)
- Madison:
- East Towne Mall (combined with Prange's; Prange's later expanded into PrangeWay space before acquisition by Younkers. Younkers converted to Boston Store in 2003)
- West Towne Mall (combined with Prange's; Prange's later expanded into PrangeWay space before acquisition by Younkers. Younkers converted to Boston Store in 2003
- Sherman Plaza (replaced West Towne Mall location)
- Marinette: Pine Tree Mall (now Wal-Mart)
- Manitowoc: Edgelake Plaza (vacant)
- Monona
- Oshkosh:
- Park Plaza Mall (located on 2nd floor Prange's store, replaced 1984)
- S. Koeller St. (opened 1984 in former Copps Food Center. Closed late 1997, later Carolina Designs, now Staples and Hobby Lobby)
- Plymouth: Fairfield Plaza (now a furniture store)
- Rhinelander: (demolished)
- Reedsburg: (now Pamida)
- Sheboygan:
- Memorial Plaza (opened in former Arlen's; now Big Lots and OfficeMax)
- Downtown (located in basement of Prange's)
- Stoughton
- Sturgeon Bay: Cherry Point Mall (opened in former Schultz's; now Dunham's Sports and smaller stores)
- Superior: Mariner Mall (now a furniture store)
- Wausau: Prange Plaza (now a call center for Foot Locker, Inc.)
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