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April 26th was National Pretzel Day and Kyler Morrison, local Kewanee 3rd Grade student, joined Wake Up Tri-Counties in studio with The Good News about the history of this salty treat, the Pretzel.

Braveheart Children's Advocacy Center will host the Superhero 5K on Saturday, April 29th, 2023. The cost to participate, for adults, is $25.00 and proceeds go to support the efforts of Braveheart to advocate on behalf children. On Wednesday, Taylor Hager and Rosa Rushing with Braveheart joined Wake Up Tri-Counties to invite everyone to participate and support Braveheart. In our conversation, Taylor and Rosa talk about what you are supporting when you support Braveheart. April is is Child Abuse Awareness Month and Braveheart is helping to call attention to that with the Superhero 5K. You can run or walk in the Superhero 5K on Saturday morning at 10 AM in Baker Park. Kids will run their own race for free and there will be a host of family friendly activities and costume contests.

Greg McDanel Stopped in to update us on the South Main corridor project, dog park progress, and recently acquired grants for other improvements in and around the city.

Sparks chats with Kara Sahagian, the Supervisor of Events at the Macomb Park District about the many events that are coming up in Macomb including Saber Training Academy on May the 4th, Randolph Street Rendezvous on June 2nd, and Volleyball Camp from June 5th to 9th. 

For more information about the Macomb Park District or events, visit their Facebook page, website, or give them a call at (309) 833-4562.

With the weather warming, people are hitting the roads and lakes.  The Missouri State Highway Patrol is here to tell you how to stay safe.

At Monday's City Council Meeting it was expected that the City Council would here from the owner of property located in the 700 block of South Street. The owner of the property is seeking a Zoning change to the property so that they can open a storage facility with solar array also on the property to power, in part, the property. Neighbors in the area object to the property being developed over concerns to their property value. Meanwhile, in previous Council Meetings, Councilman Chris Colomer has asked how much a storage facility such as this would benefit the City of Kewanee. This week, the owner along with a consultant on the project appeared and asked for more time to prepare a detailed plan for the property. In order to address the concerns of the Council, the owner has reconfigured the project to make room for a potential retail or restaurant location next to or near the storage facility. They owner needed more time to gather the details on the potential positive economic impact of the property for the City of Kewanee. Mayor Moore discussed this and everything else on the agenda for Monday's Kewanee City Council Meeting.

All of this week OSF Saint Luke Medical Center will be honoring the Laboratory Services Department. Lab techs and their hard working team are the folks who get the call whenever 'labs' are ordered by your doctor. This team is responsible for examining blood draws, performing blood tests for various types of screenings and sharing the results with doctors. It's an essential and unsung service at hospitals across the country. Thankfully, this week will honor the hard working and essential staff of the OSF Saint Luke Medical Center Laboratory and WKEI helped kickoff that celebration with a talk about Laboratory Services on Monday's edition of Wake Up Tri-Counties.

This month's updates on events happening in the Village of Cambridge courtesy of Connie Johnson and the Village of Cambridge.

The State Bank of Toulon is celebrating Community Banking Month in the month of April. On Saturday, the celebration continues with a community shred day, April 22nd, at the Kewanee branch of the State Bank of Toulon. Anyone in the community can bring documents to be shred at the Community Shred Day on Saturday from 9 AM to 12 Noon. Not only can people shred personal documents that they no longer need to hold on to, it's also a chance to see the new renovations at the State Bank of Toulon Kewanee branch that are more than 6 months in the making. Mark Riewerts and Nichelle Morey with the State Bank of Toulon joined Wake Up Tri-Counties on Friday to invite everyone to community shred day.