Brian Dimmer, a (former) teacher at Wilson Middle School and coach at Appleton West has been charged with 4 felonies after engaging in sexually inappropriate behavior with a middle school student that included exposing his penis to her and asking her for nude photos. To […]
Board of Health Meeting 11/11/2020
The Board of Health is meeting 11/11 at 7am. There will be the ever constant Covid update. Of particular interest is the 2nd quarter report. My first impression was that the health department looks like it is failing in multiple areas since Covid started. Vaccination […]
Common Council Special Session Scheduled 11/11/2020
The Common Council is holding a special session on 11/11/2020 at 6pm to adopt the 2021 budget. You can view the meeting details and agenda here: https://cityofappleton.legistar.com/DepartmentDetail.aspx?ID=21236&GUID=5195F776-2598-4DA1-AEC9-17332BBCE3AC
Utilities Committee Agenda For 11/10/2020 Meeting
The Utilities Committee is meeting 11/10/2020 at 5pm. They’ll be voting on awarding a drainage study contract to Stormwater Consulting Services not to exceed $47,500. They’ll also take up the resolution that was discussed at the recent Finance Committee Meeting which would let Menasha go […]
AASD Virtual Model Plus Overview
The Board of Education met tonight, but my work schedule always cuts into my ability to watch that live, so instead of coming in in the middle I decided to finish up a synopsis of the final section of the 10/26/2020 Board of Education meeting […]
Coronavirus Numbers For 11/08/2020
Coronavirus numbers for 11/08. We had 69 new cases. Active cases rose by 61. Cases out of isolation increased by 7. No new deaths. After two weeks of declining weekly totals, the weekly total for this last week was the highest thus far. There were […]
Board of Education Scheduled To Review AASD i-Ready Results
The AASD Board of Education has a work session scheduled 11/09 at 4pm to review the i-ready test results. This should be interesting. I would suspect that the results will be presented in such a way that it will be very difficult to tell how […]
Coronavirus Numbers For 11/07/2020
Appleton reported 50 new coronavirus cases on 11/07/2020. It looks like we should break 4000 cases in 2-3 more days. Active cases rose by 13. Cases out of isolation increased by 37. No new deaths were reported.
Parks and Recreation Committee Meeeting Scheduled For 11/09/2020
The Parks and Recreation Committee is meeting 11/09 at 6:30. They’ll be voting on (1) adjusting the Miracle League Field rental fees, (2) minorly adjusting the Reid Golf Course fees, (3) approving the installation of a “Hope” sign in Houdini Plaza, and (4) reviwing and […]
Finance Committee Meeting On 11/09/2020
The Finance Committee is meeting 11/09 at 5:30pm. There’s one action item and then a presentation/information item regarding budget adjustments. I’ll be sure to stay awake for that. The action item is a resolution authorizing staff to finalize land transaction terms with the City of […]