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🌱 Detainees arrive as Appleton prepares for 500 prison jobs

Appleton, Minnesota Patch AM: a 3 min read

Hey there, Appleton! Let's get started with what's happening in and around town. Read on and stay in the loop. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • Detainees arrive as Appleton prepares for 500 prison jobs
  • Appleton vigil and rally planned as detainees arrive
  • Appleton prison reopens after 16 years, with purchase price under scrutiny

Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Partly sunny and cooler, with a high of 50 and low of 31 degrees.
  • Thursday: Partly sunny, temps: high: 41, low: 25.
  • Friday: Sunshine and a few clouds, with a high of 39 and low of 25 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Western Minnesota prison begins taking ICE detainees (startribune.com) — Appleton’s long-empty prison began accepting ICE detainees Monday, bringing both a major hiring push and concerns about detainee treatment. Operator CoreCivic says it has hired about 125 people toward an expected workforce of 500 next year. Startup workers have filled the town’s lone hotel, while opponents plan a Saturday vigil and news conference.
   

2. Vigil, rally set Saturday in Appleton, Minnesota, as detainees arrive (wctrib.com) — An interfaith vigil and rally are planned Saturday at the Appleton Civic Center grounds following reports that ICE detainees have arrived. The vigil begins at 2 p.m., followed by a 3 p.m. rally. Organizers also plan a separate news conference calling for local oversight of the detention facility.
   

3. Controversial Appleton prison opens (kare11.com) — Appleton’s 1,600-person prison reopened Monday after sitting closed since 2010, the Department of Homeland Security confirmed. Records obtained by KARE 11 show the federal government paid $495.6 million for the property a year after CoreCivic offered it to Minnesota for $75 million. DHS says the facility expands immigration detention capacity.
   

4. Gloria Budd (newmedia-wi.com) — Gloria Jean Budd, a former Appleton resident whose life included nursing, church music and raising a family, died Oct. 31 in Rochester at 80. She and her husband, Don, lived in several Minnesota communities before settling in Winona in 2002. She is survived by two children and four grandchildren.
   

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

  • Aramark posted a job opening for Cook - Yellow Medicine in Appleton. Apply here.
  • Prairie Community Services, Inc. posted a job opening for Regional Registered Nurse, Full Time, Morris, MN in Morris. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Appleton here.

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What are the two sides of a circle?" — The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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