Dr Robert Ayers Occupational Health Physician with OSF Healthcare, joined WKEI on Wednesday morning to talk about the latest COVID-19 headlines. Among the topics on the agenda were so-called COVID-19 breakthrough cases, cases of COVID-19 among people who have been vaccinated. What we know is that these cases are very few and that those who do get COVID-19 after being vaccinated have rarely, if it all, suffered severe symptoms or had to be hospitalized. The COVID-19 vaccine doesn't kill COVID-19, it lessens the impact of getting COVID-19 by rendering the symptoms less severe. Thus, yes, you can still get COVID-19 but having the vaccine virtually prevents the virus from leading to hospitalization or death. Also in this conversation, Dr Ayers discussed how people who have had COVID-19 and are now vaccinated may not have to worry about COVID-19 again. In fact, they may not even need booster shots like many will need eventually.

What is Intermittent Fasting? Chris Willis from OSF Healthcare was featured on today's Health Segment on Wake Up Tri-Counties and talked with WKEI about the good and the bad of Intermittent Fasting. The diet consists of going several hours without eating and or consuming all of your calories in a specific time frame and no other time during a day. Is it a fad? Is Intermittent Fasting a good way to lose weight? Chris Willis explains in this Health Spotlight from Wake Up Tri Counties on Wednesday, June 2nd.

Jason Ringenberg grew up listening to Country music and WKEI. He was born at Kewanee Hospital and grew up near Kewanee on a hog farm. That's where Jason wrote his first song, at the age of 5, and never stopped writing and performing after that. Country music has taken Jason around the world and now, 40 years into his career, country music is taking Jason Ringenberg to the stage at the Grand Ole Opry on Friday, June 4th, 2021. You can listen to Jason's Opry debut this Friday at this link to WSM Radio. And you can hear Jason talk about preparing for his first Opry performance in this interview from the Wednesday, June 2nd edition of Wake Up Tri-Counties.

Wake Up Sauk Valley with Sterling Main Street by Regional Media

Memorial Hospital in Carthage has a new online tool for you to use to register and get your COVID-19 vaccination. Raigan Brown, Chief Nursing Officer at Memorial Hospital, spoke to MacombNewsNow.com about the new online sign up tool and everything you need to know about registering to get your COVID-19 vaccination. You can choose which of the vaccines you prefer, the date and time of your vaccination and when you come in for your first shot, if you choose Moderna or Pfizer, you will be given an appointment for your second shot.

On Tuesday morning, the Henry and Stark County Health Department announced that a man in his 70's has become the 69th person in Henry County to have died from COVID-19. It's awful news in the midst of what has been a lot of really strong progress in the fight against COVID-19. RaeAnn Tucker from the Henry and Stark County Health Department joined WKEI on Tuesday morning, prior to that announcement, to talk about the progress that has been made in getting people vaccinated and in getting our infection rate down to one of the lowest points since the early days of the pandemic.

Wake Up Sauk Valley with Doug Allen Nash by Regional Media

Memorial Day 2021 by Regional Media

This week the City of Kewanee accepted a three year contractual bid from the Henry County Humane Society in Kewanee to take over the operation of the Kewanee Animal Control Pound. On Friday's edition of Wake Up Tri-Counties, Louise Harrison, Mary Bergren, and Sue Sagmoen, member of the Humane Society Board in Henry County were our guests and talked about their plans for the Pound, how operations will be different and why the Humane Society sought the contract to operate the Kewanee Animal Control Pound.

The Kewanee Area United Way, Great Dane and Regional Media are partnering for a series of interviews focused around mental health and the services available for those in need. One such service on behalf of children is Braveheart Children's Advocacy Center. Taylor Hager with Braveheart Children's Advocacy Center joined Wake Up Tri-Counties to talk about Child Abuse, Children's Mental Health and what a Children's Advocacy Center does for children in a community like ours.