Board Of Education Receives Presentation On Finances And Enrollment Numbers Related To Referendum – If Referendums Don’t Pass, Taxes Will Go Down By $100 For A $100,000 Property

Since the Appleton Area School District Board of Education has decided to continue on the path of a referendum, I thought I should go back and review the information from some of the previous meetings regarding this. Yesterday I posted a recap of the first […]

Board Of Education Receives Overview Of Proposed $98 Million Referendum

Now that AASD has committed to going down the referendum path I thought it would be a good time to go back and review the factors that are driving that decision. During the 09/30/2021 Board of Education work session, Chief Financial Officer Greg Hartjes reviewed […]

Breakthroughs Account For 23% Of Cases Between 11/03/2021 And 12/19/2021; Death Rate Less That 1/3rd Of Last Year’s Rate

It has now been approximately 21 months since Appleton had its first Covid case. I thought that, with the end of the year approaching, now might be a good time to compare Appleton’s coronavirus numbers now with where they were at this time last year. […]

Common Council Approves Election Inspectors And Committee Appointments/Reappointments, Approves Resolution Updating City’s Alcohol License Demerit Point System

The Appleton Common Council met on 12/15/2021 for what was it’s final meeting of 2021. They received a Covid-19 update and then spent a good deal of time deliberating on proposed changes to the municipal code governing food trucks in Appleton. Although those items took […]

Alderperson Matt Reed’s Invocation At 12/01/2021 Common Council Meeting – “We’re not unique in our generation to experience struggles.”

Mayor Woodford: Tonight’s invocation will be delivered by Alderperson Reed. Alderperson Matt Reed: Thank you, Mayor. So, I wanted to share something brief from a gentleman who you’re probably all at least somewhat familiar with. He was from mid-20th century. He was a English professor […]

Library Board Scholarship Committee Meeting 12/20/2021 – Will Consider F.P. Young Scholarship Award

Every city committee meeting for the week is cancelled except for the Library Board. The Library Board Scholarship Committee is meeting 12/20/2021 at 4pm. They have one item on the agenda which is the F. P. Young Scholarship Award. The F.P. Young Scholarship Fund was […]