As you may recall sparks flew at the December Transit Commission meeting when commission member Dan Wilson voiced concerns that Valley Transit has not been following the correct procedures when making purchases of Covid-related supplies. Mr. Wilson ended up resigning from the commission in response […]
Year: 2021
Alderperson Fenton Plans To Call For Council To Suspend Rules To Deliberate On Redistricting Referendum
Tonight Alderperson Denise Fenton was planning to request to suspend rules to allow the Common Council to debate the resolution on putting a referendum on the April 6 ballot regarding non-partisan redistricting. She was going to do this because the deadline to put something on […]
Coronavirus Numbers For 01/19/2021
The city was quite late updating their covid dashboard today, and now I am even later in reporting the numbers to you. Case numbers for 01/19/2021 were very positive. There were only 10 new confirmed cases and 4 new probable cases. Active cases decreased by […]
Common Council Meeting Scheduled For 01/20/2021
The Common Council is meeting 01/20/2021 at 7pm. There will be a Covid update and the mayor will be presenting 3 proclamations. As I posted about yesterday, he proclaimed 01/18/2021 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day in Appleton. He also proclaimed Jan 18-Jan 22 2021 to […]
Coronavirus Numbers For 01/18/2021
On 01/17/2021 Appleton reported 18 new confirmed coronavirus cases and 9 new probable cases. Active cases dropped by 44. Cases out of isolation increased by 77. There were no new deaths.
Appleton Church Refused To Report Gutenberger Child Abuse
Some of you may remember the Gutenberger abuse case that broke last year. Gabriel and Lisa Gutenberger and Lisa’s adult son Dade Marthaler were “charged with repeated physical abuse of a child and chronic neglect of a child causing great bodily harm” related to their […]
Mayor Woodford Declares 01/18/2021 Martin Luther King Jr Day
As I’m sure you’re all aware, today was MLK Day. Mayor Woodford did issue a proclamation declaring it Martin Luther King, Jr Day and encouraged residents to honor Dr King’s memory “and put his teachings into action by taking part in volunteer service for the […]
Finance Committee Meeting 01/20/2021
The Finance Committee is holding a special meeting on 01/20/2021 at 6:45. It’s only 15 minutes before the Common Council meeting so it will be quick. Download agenda packet here: The two action items are (1) Request to award the City of Appleton’s MSB Garage […]
Climate Change Task Force Meeting 01/20/2021
The Task Force on Resiliency, Climate Mitigation, and Adaptation is meeting 01/20/2021 at 5pm remotely via MS Teams. There appears to be no agenda and no information posted on how how the public can access this meeting. View event details such as they are here: […]
Coronavirus Numbers For 01/17/2021
On 01/17/2021 Appleton reported 19 new confirmed coronavirus cases and 1 new probable case. Active cases decreased by 18. Cases out of isolation increased by 38. There were no new deaths. There were 216 total confirmed cases last week and 61 total probable cases for […]