By Casey Nelson APPLETON, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) — A summertime tradition in Appleton is back on — tentatively. Organizers of the Appleton Flag Day Parade say the 70th edition of the celebration will take place June 12. “By summer, most of Wisconsin could be vaccinated against COVID-19, the disease that in one year has killed more than 6,000 residents and hospitalized more than 26,000,” Appleton Public Health Officer Kurt Eggebrecht said in a news release. “Additionally as vaccination rates increase, we anticipate that our community burden rate of disease will trend downward.” “The Appleton Parade Committee is encouraged by recent data trends and is optimistic about June 12th,” parade committee chair Corey Otis said in a news release. “We continue to closely monitor COVID-19 data and are proceeding with caution.”