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In a game that featured 26 fouls in just over 14 minutes of play, the Kewanee Boilermakers won a forfeit shortened game against Quest Academy 27 to 13. The game ended when the head coach for Quest pulled his team off of the court and forfeited the game. After the game Russ Hughes and Jeremy Peart tried to make sense of the chaotic and unexpected ending and spoke with Coach Matt Clark.

Foghat has been rocking together since 1971. Lead singer and guitarist Scott Holt joined Wake Up Tri-Counties on Friday December 1st to talk about the band's legendary career and talk about their new record, Sonic Mojo. The album has been in the works for 7 years and Scott talked about the development of the record, the fans, and the fascinating history of the band in this wide ranging conversation. Sonic Mojo is out now and Scott Holt hopes you will pick it up on vinyl, still the best way to listen to classic rock n'roll. It's an honor to have had Scott Holt from Foghat on Wake Up Tri-Counties. 

Tonight at 7 PM is the tip of Kewanee Boys High School Basketball on WKEI. Russ Hughes and Jeremy Peart will be on the call as the Kewanee Boys Varsity takes on Quest Academy. Kewanee enters the game 2 and 3 on the season. Russ Hughes joined Wake Up Tri-Counties on Friday morning with a preview of tonight's game. We also talked about Thursday night's game between the Kewanee Girls Varsity and Ridgewood. Kewanee came up short, losing by 9 points but it was a terrific effort and Nick Christakos' team has improved each game thus far this season. 

Ed Morse Chevrolet GMC Kewanee is a Star Sponsor of the Kewanee Salvation Army Red Kettle campaign. Eric Ellenberger and staff at Ed Morse got the Red Kettle campaign off to a big start with a big donation and this morning, Russ Hughes with Ed Morse Chevrolet GMC joined Eddie Tolliver from the Kewanee Salvation Army to talk about community outreach and partnering with the Kewanee Salvation Army. The Salvation Army Christmas Concert will take place on Sunday, December 3rd at 2 PM at First Congregational Church. The Kewanee Klassics will perform and the big red kettle will be there to collect donations for the Kewanee Salvation Army. 

Two of our Wethersfield Third Grade students Kyler and Yuri stopped by WKEI this morning with The Good News about this weekend's Holly Jolly Christmas Festival at Wethersfield on Sunday, December 3rd, from 3 PM to 5 PM. 

The Abilities Plus Holiday Open House will take place this Sunday, December 3rd, from 1 PM to 3 PM. Abilities Plus clients and staff have been working hard to make this a very special open house. Lauren Dynes Gillespie with Abilities Plus joined Wake Up Tri-Counties on Thursday with the good news that this year, Abilities Plus has sold more Christmas Wreaths, decorated by their wonderful clients than they did last year. A new record for Abilities Plus Wreath sales. Wreaths will be available and on display at the Holiday Open House on Saturday. There will also be Holiday Fairie Sticks available for sale during the open house, a first of its kind item created by the clients of Abilities Plus for 2023. 

The deadline is approaching for the Goodfellows Christmas Baskets. You have until December 8th to either nominate a family in need to receive a Goodfellows Christmas Basket or to apply on behalf of your own family. If you'd like to make sure a family gets a basket or that your family gets a basket, call Kewanee High School at 309-853-3328. Meanwhile, donations to help continue the tradition of Goodfellows Christmas Baskets are always being accepted and are always needed so that they can make sure that all the baskets are full. Donations can be mailed to Goodfellows at P.O Box 5 Kewanee, IL, 61443. Amron Buchanan and Ken Knowles with Goodfellows joined Wake Up Tri-Counties this week to talk about Goodfellows and call on people to get involved. 

The Mayor of Galva Rich Volkert joined Wake Up Tri-Counties on Wednesday to recap Monday's Galva City Council Meeting. The top item on the agenda was a presentation by Henry County Administrator Erin Knackstedt and Economic Development Director Jim Kelly. They attended the meeting to talk about the attempt to revive the Henry County Tourism Bureau. With Galva having a number of events such as the Levitt Amp Concert Series, a huge Fourth of July celebration, and The Back Road Music Festival, being part of a brand new Henry County Tourism Bureau makes sense for the City of Galva. They Mayor discussed this and the potential to make Car Cruise-Ins a regular attraction in Galva. You can hear all about it in our conversation with Mayor Rich Volkert on Wake Up Tri-Counties.