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Bethany Bland-Rockfalls Chamber of Commerce by Regional Media

Greg McDanel, Maryville City Manager spent some time on the Breakfast Club on KNIM Country to update everyone on the developments with the water treatment plant, the South Main Cooradore project and conjunction with Northwest Missouri State University received a 3.7 M Grant to improve storm water drainage in SW Maryville including Judah Park. Listen to all the details in today's interview.

Kewanee Mayor Gary Moore was our guest on Wake Up Tri-Counties on Tuesday morning. The Mayor was on hand to follow up on Monday's Kewanee City Council Meeting where the City Council moved forward a tax abatement necessary for maintaining lower property taxes across the City of Kewanee. The Mayor also addressed questions regarding Air B n B regulations in the City. An operator of an Air B n B in Kewanee spoke to the Council on Monday to state they were unaware that they needed to pay the Hotel-Motel Tax in order to operate an Air B n B in the City. Indeed, a 5% tax is required of Air B n B operators under the Kewanee ordinance. Finally, the Mayor discussed the latest Kewanee Police Department crime numbers which were down from month to month significantly from October to November.

Liz Buckwalter with Morrison Economic Development Corporation by Regional Media

The annual OSF Saint Clare Medical Center Tree of Life is now up in the lobby at OSF Saint Clare medical Center. The tree is filled with names of people who are being remembered by family members with donations to OSF Saint Clare Medical Center that will go toward saving lives in the future. The Tree of Life pre-dates OSF Saint Clare Medical Center, all the way back to the early 1990s. It's a fundraiser that provides needed life saving equipment to the hospital while giving the Princeton community a place to honor and remember loved ones. Samantha Rux, Cathy Foes, and Tree of Life Chairperson Deb Kirley talked about the Tree of Life and the lifesaving equipment it helps to pay for on the latest edition of Wake Up Tri-Counties.

The Wethersfield School Board met on Thursday evening at the Blish Building. In the meeting, the School Board approved an annual tax levy that will not increase taxes for Wethersfield District residents. Wethersfield School District Superintendent Dr. Andrew Brooks talked with WKEI radio on Friday morning to recap the decision regarding the Tax Levy, discussing the open discussion of fund balances as part of an effort at transparency, and to recap the recent success of the Wethersfield Christmas Celebration overseen by the Wethersfield Student Council.

Rebecca and Cassandra from The YWCA of The Sauk Valley by Regional Media

JoyL Wiseley with The Whiteside County Community Health Clinic by Regional Media

Whiteside County Sheriff John Booker by Regional Media

The latest COVID-19 numbers for the 7 day period, ending Tuesday, December 6th, and the first numbers released since the Thanksgiving Holiday, are up higher than we'd hoped. RaeAnn Tucker with the Henry and Stark County Health Department tells RegionalMediaNews.com that in the previous 7 days there 95 new, confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Henry County and 48 new cases in Stark County. That is nearly 100 new cases confirmed from the previous 7 day period. The spike in cases has led to Stark County being placed in the medium risk category by state standards and may place Henry County in the medium risk category when that status is updated on Friday. Medium risk simply means there is a higher rate of COVID-19 transmission. It's a potentially higher possibility of the spread of COVID-19. Residents can mitigate this by choosing to wear a mask in congregate settings, keeping social distance, handwashing and so on. If you are vaccinated and boosted, you are less likely to get infected than those who are not. If you do get infected, the illness is unlikely to be as severe as it potentially could be to those who are not vaccinated. RaeAnn Tucker discussed this topic on Wake Up TriCounties on Thursday.