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Beth Looney with OSF Saint Luke Medical Center and the Henry County Mental Health Alliance joined Wake Up Tri-Counties on Monday, May 16th, 2022. May is Mental Health Awareness Month. On Monday, May 23rd, the Henry County Mental Health Alliance will host a Mental Health Awareness Month Picnic at Windmont Park. The picnic gets uinderway at 11:30 and goes on until 1 Pm. Attendees are invited to bring a lunch, desserts will be available, and speakers will talk about their mental health journey. Beth Looney talked about the picnic and more with WKEI.

This week, Wake Up Tri-Counties are profiling Democrats in the 17th District Congressional Race. On Tuesday, we spoke with Jackie McGowan, a candidate who made her name as a lobbyist in the Cannabis industry. Born in Illinois, McGowan has worked on Wall Street, in the stock world in Chicago and California before transitioning into a lobbyist in the Cannabis industry. McGowan ran for Governor of California last September on a platform centered on Cannnabis. McGowan returned to Illinois following the California recall election and has now set her sights on the Congressional seat being vacated by Congresswoman Cheri Bustos.

Eric Ellenberger of Motor City Chevrolet Buick and GMC joined Wake Up Tri-Counties to talk about cars on Friday's edition of Wake Up Tri-Counties. The interview celebrated the fact that Motor City Chevrolet Buick GMC had received Two Gold Medals as voted by you, the customers, in The Best of Tri-Counties awards voting. Motor City Chevrolet Buick GMC picked up the Gold Medals for Best Auto Dealership New Vehicles and Best Auto Dealership Used Vehicles. Check out the winners at BestofTriCounties.com. Hear are conversation about Best of Tri-Counties and the present and future of cars sales in our interview with Eric Ellenberger.

Kris Noble-Sauk Valley Area Chamber of Commerce by Regional Media

Relay for Life of The Sauk Valley Update with Betty and Russ by Regional Media

Sparks joins Nicole Travis of C&N Farms at the Macomb Farmers Market to talk about all-natural, farm-to-table meats and Chick Fostering Program.

The Kewanee Public Library is ready for the Summer. Sara Billiet from the Kewanee Public Library was our guest on Thursday talking about Summer plans at the Kewanee Public Library which will include the summer reading program. The Kewanee Public Library is once again teaming up with the BeanStack App to help you and your kids keep track of what you're reading this Summer. If you have any trouble with the app, don't hesitate to stop and talk to the library staff, they are happy to help you out.

Sparks is joined by Cole Metcalf from the National Association of Letter Carriers to talk about their "Stamp Out Hunger" Food Drive, set to take place Saturday, May 14th.

If anyone could write a book about 'the power of conflict,' it's the host of TV's Bar Rescue, Jon Taffer. It's not that Jon Taffer goes looking for conflict but rather that he's not afraid of conflict when it is necessary. Indeed, conflict in everyday relationships is very common with most people avoiding it if they can. That's the problem according to Jon. Instead of avoiding conflicts, more people need to engage, take on the conflict and get to the root of it. Letting conflicts fester and linger only causes more pain and trouble in the long run. Think of addressing conflict like tearing off a band-aid, get it over with, out of the way and create an understanding. It may end unresolved but if both sides of a conflict feel heard, tension is resolved and future conflicts are likely to be less contentious and angry. That's a thumbnail sketch of Jon Taffer's brilliant new book The Power of Conflict. Jon Taffer was our guest on Wake Up Tri-Counties on Wednesday, May 11th, 2022.

It was a relatively quick meeting for the Kewanee City Council on Monday, May 9th. On Tuesday morning, Mayor Gary Moore joined Wake Up Tri-Counties to talk about the items that passed on Monday night's agenda including an ordinance that will allow for licensed proprietors to sell Fireworks in the Kewanee City Limits. Also passed last night was an agreement that will place solar panels on top of Kewanee City Hall in an effort toward long term savings on energy costs for the City of Kewanee. Several more buildings are soon to be torn down in Kewanee, they are currently under review under the guidelines of a grant the City of Kewanee received from the State of Illinois. The City of Kewanee continued an agreement with Carl Sandburg College regarding the training of EMT's and other first responders, and the Road Program in the City of Kewanee was up for discussion as well.