Appleton Public Montessori has hit the two percent threshold for positive Covid-19 cases among students and will spend the next 14 days under a mandatory masking rule. As was recently illustrated by Columbus Elementary, the Appleton Area School District’s current masking protocols disproportionally and inequitably […]
Year: 2022
Appleton To Shut Down Covid Testing Site – Final Day 04/22/2022
The City of Appleton is ending it’s Covid testing services, “due to a dramatic decrease in testing demand.” The last day to get tested at the city-run location on Kensington Drive will be 04/22/2022.
Pheng Thao Responds To Questions About His Campaign Contributions, Does Not Indicate When He Will Correct Issue
Pheng Thao did respond to me after I posted about the issues with his campaign contributions. I had sent him an email on 04/15/2022 to the email address he had opted to include on his campaign finance disclosure form. After not hearing back from him […]
Common Council Meeting 04/20/2022 – Will Hold Formal Organizational Meeting And Then First Regular Meeting Of New Council Year
The new Common Council will be holding its first formal meetings 04/20/2022. The first will be the formal organizational meeting at 6pm. The second will be the regular Council meeting at 7PM. During the formal organizational meeting they will deliberate and vote on rules changes […]
Safety And Licensing Committee Votes To Revoke Alcohol License For Core’s Lounge
The Safety and Licensing Committee met 04/13/2022. They spent the majority of the meeting reviewing evidence and testimony in the Alcohol License Revocation Hearing for Core’s Lounge, LLC – Kor Xiong, Agent. In total, the committee was in open session for nearly 2 hours and […]
Newly Elected Board Of Education Member Pheng Thao Appears To Have Violated Campaign Finance Laws
A reader had asked if I was going to post the campaign finance documents for the Appleton Area School District Board of Education candidates. You can download those all below: An interesting item of note, newly elected Board of Education member Pheng Thao appears to […]
Library Board Meeting 04/19/2022 – Will Receive Library Project Update And Talk About College North Neighborhood Plan
The Library Board is meeting 04/19/2022 at 4:45PM. They’ll be voting on some financial items and also on a Naming Rights policy. It looks like they’re creating a naming rights policy because of the capital campaign they will be conducting to raise funds for the […]
Common Council Informal Organizational Meeting 04/19/2022 – Will Discuss Potential Rule Changes
On 04/18/2022 at 5:15PM the recently elected alderpersons will be sworn in during a ceremony in Houdini Plaza. After that, at 6PM, they will hold an informal organizational meeting. This is an opportunity for them to review and discuss potential rule changes. They won’t vote […]
Coronavirus Numbers For 04/10/2022 – 04/16/2022
I have started pulling Covid numbers from the Wisconsin DHS website instead of from the City of Appleton. Last week from 04/09/2022 through 04/16/2022, Appleton recorded 50 confirmed cases and 12 probable cases. There were no new deaths reported last week, and no deaths added to previous […]
Board Of Zoning Meeting 04/18/2022 – Will Take Up Dumpster Enclosure Request That Was Held At Last Meeting
The Board of Zoning Appeals is meeting 04/18/2022 at 7PM. They will be taking up the item they put on hold last month which was a request regarding the planned Merge LLC development on the site where the Conway Hotel used to be. The applicant […]