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On December 5th, 1931, a plane took off from Kansas City, Missouri, bound for Chicago, Illinois. 7 people, including the pilot of the Braniff Airlines plane, were aboard when bad weather caused the pilot to have to make an emergency landing. Knowing that he was near the Kewanee Airport landing strip, the pilot buzzed Kewanee, about 1000 feet over the City as he searched for the landing lights. Unfortunately, not all of the lights in the field were lit, for various reasons, and when the pilot attempted his landing, he found himself to close to an airplane hangar. In order to miss the hangar, the pilot pulled up before coming down hard, bouncing across the road, in front of a car, and coming down finally after striking a grain bin. Dave Clarke tells the story in far more colorful detail in this edition of Kewanee Back When.

Dr. Chris Sullens was our guest on Wake Up Tri-Counties on Tuesday, April 18th, 2023. Dr. Sullens joined Wake Up Tri-Counties to follow up on Monday's Kewanee School Board Meeting in our conversation, Dr. Sullens highlight the Kewanee High School Group Interpretation Team which was honored for their terrific performance at State at Monday's School Board Meeting. Then, Superintendent Sullens transitioned into a discussion of ongoing projects in various states of work across the district. You can hear all about ongoing projects in the Kewanee School District in our conversation with Dr. Chris Sullens on Wake Up Tri-Counties.

Maggie is a Ag Science major at Northwest Missouri State University. She is involved in a hands on educational event for kids called, "Fun at the Farm".  This event is Saturday April 29, at the brand new Ag Learning Center (ALC) on the Northwest University Campus.  Here Maggie talks about it...

Relay For Life is about a community which takes up the fight against the grip of cancer. Come join us at Westwood on Saturday, June 3rd! Any questions about our 28th annual event, contact chair Jayna Jacobs at 815/499 – 3919 or go to the website of www.relayforlife.org/saukvalleyil

It is now just 1 month or less until the 28 th annual Relay For Life event takes place at Westwood, Building 3 Saturday, June 3. 6 – 9 p.m. Deadlines are fast approaching! Registrations for teams and survivors may be submitted online at relayforlife.org/saukvalleyil or by phone 1-800-ACS-2345. Deadline for survivors to request box lunches for themselves and a caregiver for after the first lap must be postmarked by May 20th. T shirts take a 3 – 4 week delivery from time of order.

Author Jeff Benedict has done extensive research and conducted hundreds of hours of interviews for his new book, Lebron, all about the legend of Lebron James. Writing about Lebron is no small challenge. Much is known about Lebron James whose life is among the most documented and curated in human history. Jeff Benedict's task is to find stories to tell that get at the heart of well known stories about a well-known man. That he accomplishes this makes for a terrific book. There are new and compelling angles on well known and lesser known stories from the life of Lebron James, stories that will leave you knowing more than ever about the greatness of Lebron James.

All of this week, OSF Saint Luke Medical Center is celebrating Volunteer Week. This morning on Wake Up Tri-Counties, Samantha Rux from OSF Saint Luke Medical Center was joined this morning by Director of Volunteer Services Brenda Streit and OSF Volunteer Darwin Bral, to talk about celebrating OSF Volunteers all this week at both OSF Saint Luke Medical Center and OSF St Clare Medical Center in Princeton. If you'd like to volunteer at either location, contact Brenda Streit at OSF Healthcare.

On Friday's students from Wethersfield 3rd Grade join Wake Up Tri-Counties with The Good News. This week's Friday Good news was provided by Thomas Wisniewski, Karson Kingdon, Jackson Nelson and Mason Dooley

IRS Agent Lauren WInebrenner was our guest on Wake Up Tri-Counties on Friday. Lauren is our new IRS representative taking over for our longtime guest, Michael Devine who retired from the IRS last month. Lauren joined us to talk about Filing season and the IRS Filing deadline which is next Tuesday, April 18th. The filing deadline is delayed this year as April 15th falls on a Saturday and there is a holiday being observed in Washington D.C on Monday, the 17th of April. If you have not filed your taxes yet, Lauren has several pieces of advice for you regarding last minute filing. Lauren also talked about the infamous IRS Dirty Dozen Tax Season Scams. Remember, the IRS will not call, text or email you to initiate contact with you.

Cory joined us this morning with information on the ending of public health emergency regarding COVID-19. We also discussed current cases and hospitalizations on the decline.

Vaccines and testing will still be available for a time, but will eventually be reduced.