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Katie Noyd has reigned has Henry County Fair Queen for one full year. Now, with the start of the 2022 Henry County Fair, Katie is ready to pass along her knowledge, her advice, and her crown to the next Henry County Fair Queen. Katie Noyd joined Wake Up Tri-Counties on Wednesday to talk about the Henry County Fair Pageant which gets underway on Wednesday evening at 5:30 Pm with the Little Miss Pageant, followed by the Junior Pageant, and finally, The Henry County Fair Queen Pageant. Katie is hosting each of the pageants this evening.

Bestselling Author and sportswriter, Howard Bryant needed a break from writing about huge subjects like race in sports and other such topics. Wanting to get back to what he loved about sports, specifically baseball, Howard reconnected with the part of himself that came of age loving baseball and the player who was mostly responsible for his love of Baseball, Oakland A's superstar, Rickey Henderson. In his new book, Rickey: The Life and Legend of an American Orginal, Howard Bryant tracks the career and accomplishments, anecdotes and legends surrounding one of the greatest players in baseball history. The book also serves as a way of getting Rickey Henderson back into the conversation regarding the greatest players of all time, a conversation he most assuredly belongs in.

Family and friends of a 14 year old boy who was hit by a car while riding his bike in the area of McClure Street in Kewanee turned out at the Kewanee City Council Meeting on Monday. The family and friends were on hand to ask the City of Kewanee to do more to create safer conditions for kids to ride bikes on McClure Street and similar, nearby streets. The Council indicated that they will be doing a traffic study in the area at the start of the next school year as part of determining what could be done to increase safety in the area. Council Member Steve Faber discussed this issue on Tuesday's edition of Wake Up Tri-Counties on WKEI. Councilman Faber also addressed the situation with the former Kewanee Boiler site, which has been a subject once again in the wake of illegal dumping in the area. Councilman Faber stated that Henry County now owns the property and that getting it cleaned up is a County responsibility. Currently, the City of Kewanee does not have the ability to clean up the site as the City does not own the property.

The Henry County Fair in Cambridge at the Henry County Fairgrounds starts on Wednesday, June 15th and will run through the weekend. The Fair is moved up by a year and this year it starts on a Wednesday with the Queen's Pageant on Wednesday night. Carnival rides, food, games, the whole midway experience will begin on Wednesday with gates opening at 7 Am. Ag displays, vendors, and more will be part of this year's Henry County Fair and then on Friday night, headlining the grandstand is the superstar country music band, Parmalee. $50.00 gets you a pass for the full length of the Fair including the grandstand shows. Todd VerHeecke, Vice President of the Henry County Fair Board joined Wake Up Tri-Counties to preview the events of the Henry County Fair.

The Celebration and Success of The Relay for Life of The Sauk Valley 2022 by Regional Media

Cathy Foes with the OSF Foundation joined Samantha Rux on Wake Up Tri-Counties to recap last Monday's OSF Foundation Golf Outing the generous donors who made it such a special day to support the OSF Transportation program. Cathy then spoke about the ways OSF Healthcare is creating ways for people to get the care they need closer to home. OSF Healthcare is across the state of Illinois and if there is something you can't get at one location, you may be able to get it at another location nearby. Get more information on services, access ands services coming soon at OSFHealthcareFoundation.org.

Thursday night was the final School Board Meeting for Wethersfield School District Superintendent, Shane Kazubowski. Earlier this year, Shane announced that he'd be retiring at the end of this school year following a distinguished 16 year career. Today on Wake Up Tri-Counties, Shane reflected on 16 years as Superintendent and more than 20 years in education where he began his career as a teacher at Wethersfield. Shane takes time to thank the community, the Flock, and the many school board members he's worked with over the past 16 years in our conversation and we thank him for all of his work improving the Wethersfield School District.

Kewanee Public Library celebrated with Mr Steve at Windmont Park this week and Sara Billiet from the Kewanee Public Library joined Wake Up Tri-Counties to thank everyone who braved the weather to enjoy the show. Sara then talked about upcoming events at the Library including a new movie presentation. The Channing Tatum movie, Dog, will be show at the Kewanee Public Library on June 14th at 2 Pm in the Community Room. Also, Sara wants fans of True Crime to know that on Wednesday, June 29th, there will be a Zoom presentation on True Crime stories at the Kewanee Public Library. You are invited to attend in person and chat with fellow True Crime lovers or join via Zoom to enjoy the presentation. The Zoom link will be posted on the Kewanee Public Library website prior the event on the 29th.

RaeAnn Tucker from the Henry and Stark County Health Department joined Wake Up Tri-Counties to talk about the latest COVID-19 numbers. There were more than 100 new confirmed positive cases of COVID-19 between the two counties in the 7 days ending June 7th, 2022. That's up slightly over the previous 7 day period. RaeAnn Tucker also discussed Community Health Improvement Week which took place from June 5th through 11th. CPR Classes are back at the Health Department as well. Get CPR certified by contacting the Henry and Stark County Health Department.

Aletta Danekas and Sam Parks from The Whiteside County Health Department by Regional Media