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The Henry County Farm Bureau is as busy as ever with contests, scholarships, and events coming up in the month of February and beyond. Katie Laleman with the Henry County Farm Bureau joined Wake Up Tri-Counties on Wednesday to tout the poster and t-shirt design contest going on with local schools in Henry County. 1st through 3rd grade artists are creating posters for Henry County Farm Bureau Poster Contest while 4th grade students have a project of their own, designing a t-shirt for the Henry County Farm Bureau T-Shirt contest. Meanwhile, older students are gearing up for college and that means it's scholarship season. The Henry County Farm Bureau Foundation has a number of scholarships available for those seeking to further their Ag Education. There are Ag specific scholarships as well as some general scholarships and you can find out more and how your student may qualify by contacting the Henry County Farm Bureau Foundation.

Etta La Flora, one of the organizers for the Kewanee Community Black History Extravaganza, joined Wake Up Tri-Counties on Wednesday to talk about Black History Month and organizing this celebration of Black History in Kewanee. Among the guests expected to attend the Community Black History Extravaganza are Kewanee Mayor Gary Moore, members of the Kewanee City Council, Representative Travis Weaver, State Senator Neil Anderson, and Congressman Eric Sorensen. And the Wethersfield High School Choir is set to perform. Everyone is invited to attend the Kewanee Community Black History Celebration on Sunday, February 18th, 2024, beginning at 2 PM at First Congregational Church located at 224 West Prospect Street in Kewanee.

The Kewanee Boilermakers wrapped up regular season play on a high note with their 22nd win of the season. The Boilermakers, led by Braden Clark who scored 26 to lead the Boilermakers to victory. The final score from Orion on Wednesday night, Kewanee 75 Orion 54. After the game, Coach Matt Clark joined Russ Hughes and Jeremy Peart in the booth for our Kewanee Boys Basketball Postgame Podcast interview.

In a raucous back and forth battle, the Kewanee Boilermakers finally overcame their longstanding rivals, the Princeton Tigers to win the Three Rivers Eastern Conference title on Tuesday night. The final score was 64 to 59. Despite not scoring in the first quarter, Braden Clark battled back and managed a season high 38 points in the overtime victory. After the emotional game, Coach Matt Clark joined Russ Hughes and Jeremy Peart in the booth to talk about the exciting victory and took look ahead at what is still to come this season.

The Mayor of Kewanee Gary Moore was our guest on Tuesday morning on WKEI to wrap up Monday's Kewanee City Council Meeting. In our conversation, the Mayor addressed changes to Liquor Licensing Fees as well as addressing gambling machines in the City of Kewanee. The City has capped the number of actual machines for gambling in the City of Kewanee. Only 12 more machines, 6 per remaining available liquor license, are available to those getting into business. The Mayor also discussed new body cam and dashcam cameras for the Kewanee Police. Specifically, these new cameras will upload to a Cloud System as back up to assure that footage is able to captured and kept safely.

Mayor Inman returns to the studio to talk about some promising developments in Public Works projects including improvements for Candy Lane, S Johnson Street, and Adams Street; as well as his travels to local government conferences in Washington D.C. since the end of the last year, an update on the new Water Treatment site, K9 Mac's retirement, and the return of the Small Business Competition! 

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