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Today on Wake Up Tri-Counties Kewanee Mayor Gary Moore joined us and addressed Wednesday's Kewanee Planning Commission Meeting where the commission voted to approve a permit for a Marijuana Dispensary to go in at the former Broken Chimney location. Wethersfield Superintendent Dr. Andrew Brooks criticized the idea of dispensary being 250 feet from the school. Representatives from Bridgeway also spoke about the dispensary being so close to their treatment center. Mayor Moore addressed these concerns and stated that he supported the dispensary though if most Kewanee residents were to express opposition to the dispensary, the Mayor made it clear that he would vote for what people want as a representative of the people. The Mayor also discussed Monday's Kewanee City Council Meeting. 

The Henry and Stark County Health Department are honoring Infant Immunization Week. The goal is to convince parents to get needed immunizations to prevent such things as Measles and other illnesses that have long been dormant thanks to immunization. Unfortunately, misinformation during the pandemic caused some to skip needed immunizations. This has made it a necessity for the Health Department to underline the importance of getting vaccinated. It's urgent for kids to get immunized against Measles, among other illnesses to prevent these illnesses from making a full comeback. 

Linda Pont from the Kewanee Public Library joined Wake Up Tri-Counties to invite everyone to come and meet author, Becca Kinzer, a Kewanee native who is celebrating the release of her new book, Love in Tandem, a romantic comedy. Becca will talk about her book and sign copies at the Kewanee Public Library on Saturday afternoon at 2PM. It's a great chance to meet and pick the brain of an author with ties to Kewanee and who has experienced incredible success in the publishing world. Linda talked to WKEI about what went in to bringing Becca back to Kewanee for this event and about The Friends of the Library and what they do for the Kewanee Public Library. 

Amy Meyer, a Licensed Clinical Therapist from the CGH Behavioral Health Unit. Amy was here to talk about how the CGH Behavioral Health Unit helps those suffering from mental health conditions and Mental Health Awareness Month in May.

Today one of our Irving Third graders, Hazel, dropped by WKEI this morning with The Good News about Administrative Professionals Day and a special shout out to Irving School's very own Administrative Professional, Ms. Johnson. 

Galva Mayor Rich Volkert was our guest on Wake Up Tri-Counties on Wednesday. The mayor joined us to talk about finally settling a dispute over parking regulations in Galva. A nine month discussion among Galva citizens and the City of Galva closed on Monday with a compromise that appears to have settled the matter. The Mayor addresses the parking kerfuffle and then goes on to cover other important aspects of Monday's Galva City Council Meeting. The next Galva City Council Meeting will be earlier next month. Mayor Volkert explained that with Memorial Day falling on Monday, May 26th, the City needed to move the date for next month's meeting to the previous week.