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It's official, Kewanee Police Chief Nick Welgat will step down as Kewanee Police Chief next month. Chief Welgat is battling stage four cancer and has told city leaders that he intends on spending as much time with his family as possible. The search is now underway for a new Kewanee Police Chief and Mayor Moore talked about Chief Welgat and the search for a new Kewanee Police Chief this morning on Wake Up Tri-Counties. At Monday's meeting, the City of Kewanee approved a pair of variances and they set in writing updates to the City of Kewanee building code that bring the codes further in line with State guidelines,

OSF Saint Luke Medical Center Innovation Hub is all about developing best practices in a variety of different areas. When people think of innovation, they often think of technology first. But, innovation at OSF Saint Luke Medical Center goes beyond just technology. The process of patient billing, ways to engage young people in the work done at their local hospital and in their own healthcare journey, and, yes, technological innovation all have a role to play when it comes to Innovation at OSF Saint Luke Medical Center. Samantha Rux from OSF Saint Luke Medical Center was our guest on Wake Up Tri-Counties on Monday to discuss innovation and how OSF Saint Luke Medical Center is using STEAM to connect with young people in the community.

Skip Lee made a stop in this morning, and we just had a conversation off the cuff.

Rebecca was in on Friday and brought a quiz show environment to the studio.

The Kewanee Boilermakers defeated Aurora Central Catholic 50 to 0 on Friday night, a dominant victory that featured Brady Clark setting a scoring record for his Kewanee career, and the team becoming one of the highest scoring in team history. Russ Hughes and Jeremy Peart caught up with Brady and several of the Kewanee star players along with Coach Matt Clark following Friday's dominant victory.

The Henry County Board met on Thursday, October 20th and among the highlights, the board placed a two year hold on the idea of a CO2 Pipeline that was planned to go through Henry County. A number of Henry County residents had come together to oppose the CO2 pipeline and many of them were in attendance at Thursday's meeting to advocate for a moratorium on the pipeline plan while regulations on such plans are put in place and more safety concerns are addressed. The Board also celebrated a new Tourism position in Henry County. Henry County Board Chair Kippy Breeden, Henry County Administrator Erin Knackstedt, and Henry County Economic Development Director Jim Kelly joined Wake Up Tri-Counties on Friday to wrap up Thursday's meeting.

Members of the cast of the KHS Fall Play, Bethel Park Falls joined Wake Up Tri-Counties in studio on Friday to talk about Bethel Park, Kewanee's theater program and to introduce themselves while inviting you to come to their performances of Bethel Park in the Petersen Auditorium on Saturday evening, October 28th, at 7 PM. Or, you can come to Sunday afternoon's matinee show at 2 PM on October 29th. Joining us in studio on Friday... 

Glenn / Ash / Garnet: Cooper Bates

Clay / Reed / Sonny: Alex Hager

Dusty / Cliff: Isaac Lynes

Lily / Hazel: Laryn Conley

Holly / Dawn: Tori Dennison

Brooke / Gaia / April: Tessa Mitchell

June: Julia Pendergrass 

Elwood: Addison GerardPark Ensemble: Breanna Nebinger

Lynette Harbin and Kennedy Schafer from Big Brothers Big Sisters  talk about the adopt a family program for families in Christmas in the Big Brothers Big Sisters program.

It's National Health Education Week and the Henry and Star County Health Department say they are here to help with tips for healthy living. That's really no different from any other week, but it's a little more hyper-focused in this week. RaeAnn Tucker from the Henry and Stark County Health Department joined Wake Up Tri-Counties on Thursday to talk more about what the Health Department is doing to promote healthy living and common health issues people tend to look past but should look further into. Perhaps there is a doctor who can help.

The 2nd Annual Enchanted Pumpkin Festival is this weekend, Saturday, October 21st, in Kewanee. Vendors will line the streets of downtown Kewanee with all kinds of items for sale. The Farmer's Market will be open, their will be two live musical performances and Good's Furniture is set to host a Trunk R'Treat in their parking lot as part of the 2nd Annual Enchanted Pumpkin Festival. The Trunk R' Treat runs from 3 PM to 5 PM. You can hear all about the 2nd Annual Kewanee Enchanted Pumpkin Festival from Tiffany Bockiewicz who joined Wake Up Tri-Counties on Thursday morning to thank the many vendors and volunteers who are taking part in this year's event.