League Of Women Voters Posts Interview Videos With Board Of Education Candidates

The Appleton League of Women Voters has posted a series of videos in which they interviewed each of the Appleton Area School District Board of Education candidates. Instead of doing it as one long forum, they opted to film individual videos for each candidate in […]

Board Of Education Candidate Andrea Klitzke Releases Statement Regarding Mask Mandate Extension – “The war on our children has to end. We cannot effectively educate them while perpetrating fear and division through forced mandates. The district hasn’t managed the virus, but rather the virus has managed the district.”

Andrea Klitzke, a candidate running for a seat on the Appleton Area School District Board of Education, released a statement regarding the Board of Education’s decision on 01/10/2022 to extend the mask mandate until 02/17/2022. January 13, 2022 On January 10th, the Appleton Area School […]

Alderpersons Hartzheim And Doran To Seek County Board Supervisory Seats In April Election

Things are quiet this week since there are no committee meetings going on. However, that doesn’t mean that nothing is happening. Alderpersons Sheri Hartzheim (District 13) and Chad Doran (District 15) both just announced that they are running for county board supervisor positions in the […]

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 […]

District 8 Alderperson Matt Reed Announces He Will Not Seek Re-election In 2022

Appleton Common Council President and District 8 Alderperson Matt Reed has decide not to run for Common Council again in the 2022 election. If anyone in District 8 is interested in running for Council he would be happy to meet with them and discuss his […]

Redistricting Committee Votes To Recommend “Option D” Redistricting Map For Approval – If Approved Three Alderpersons Will Be Drawn Out Of Their Districts

The Redistricting Committee met 10/11/2021. At their previous meeting, the committee had voted on proposed redistricting map “A” which met the statutory requirements for compactness, contiguity, and they believed at the time ideal population. Although not a statutory consideration, this map also hewed most closely […]

Common Council Approves Mayor’s Appointments To Appleton’s Redistricting Committee

On 09/01/2021 the Common Council voted 14-0 to approve Mayor Woodford’s recommended appointments to the Appleton Redistricting Committee. As outlined in his memo to the Council, the committee is composed of 10 members, 5 of whom serve by virtue of their roles and 5 alderpersons […]

City Clerk Provides Update On City’s Redistricting Timeline And Process

During the 07/28/2021 Safety and Licensing Committee meeting City Clerk Kami Lynch gave an update on the city’s redistricting timeline and plans. Normally by this time, they would already be forming their ward lines and talking about the aldermanic districts; however, the whole process has […]