On 01/23/2021 Appleton reported 8 new confirmed coronavirus cases and 8 new probable cases. Active cases rose by 4. Cases out of isolation increased by 12. There were no new deaths. Counting both confirmed and probable cases, 9.86% of Appleton residents have had coronavirus thus […]
Year: 2021
Municipal Services Committee Meeting On 01/25/2021
The Municipal Services Committee is meeting 01/25/2021 at 4:30pm. On the agenda… They’ll be voting on a resolution to allow the city of Appleton to negotiate with Outagamie County over the development and use of a proposed landfill. Appleton Downtown Inc. is requesting a permit […]
Coronavirus Numbers For 01/22/2021
On 01/22/2021 Appleton reported 14 new confirmed coronavirus cases and 0 new probable cases. Active cases dropped by a whopping 76. Cases out of isolation increased by by an equally impressive 90. There were no new deaths.
Board of Education Meeting 01/25/2021
The Board of Education is meeting 01/25/2021 at 6pm. There are a couple items that will probably be particularly interesting to parents. (1) In light of Ed Ruffolo’s decision to not accept a position on the board it looks like they will be reviewing the […]
Alderperson Denise Fenton During 01/20/2021 Invocation – “We Need To Look At Every Decision We Make Through a Lens of Equity”
I thought it would be interesting to start pulling out and highlighting the invocations that the alderpersons give at the Common Council meetings. These are nonpartisan positions and a majority of city government business is mundane. As a result the public doesn’t have the crutch […]
Lee Snodgrass And Her Office Will Refer To Mask Opponents As “Pro-Death” Going Forward
Appleton’s Assembly Representative is taking a strong stance on the issue of masks. Original tweet here: https://twitter.com/RepSnodgrass/status/1352807127534985216?s=19
More Details On Citizen Push For Non-Partisan Redistricting Referendum
Alderperson Denise Fenton was kind enough to go into more detail about the citizen push that prompted the Common Council to put the nonpartisan redistricting referendum question on the April 6 ballot. Former State Assembly Representative Penny Bernard Schaber and an additional person proactively reached […]
Coronavirus Numbers For 01/21/2021
On 01/21/2021 Appleton reported 44 new confirmed coronavirus cases and 0 probable cases. Active cases dropped by 45. Cases out of isolation increased by 88. One new death. Of note, active cases are down 84 from a week ago and 98 from 2 weeks ago.
Common Council Votes To Put Non-Partisan Redistricting Referendum On April 6 Ballot
[CORRECTION: I had speculated that the Appleton representative that Alderperson Denise Fenton had referenced was Amanda Stuck. Alderperson Fenton has since said that Amanda Stuck was not among the people who reached out to her. It was actually Penny Bernard Schaber.] The Common Council met […]
Coronavirus Numbers For 01/20/2021
On 01/20/2021 Appleton reported 24 new confirmed coronavirus cases and 11 new probable cases. Active cases rose by 8. Cases out of isolation increased by 27. There were no new deaths. Of note, the 7 day running average of both confirmed and probable cases is […]