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Ruth Kapacinskas with the Kewanee Education Association joined Wake Up Tri-Counties on Tuesday morning. Leadership elections are going on into the month of May for the Kewanee Education Association and as the recent new contract between the KEA and the Kewanee School District demonstrated, choosing the right leaders is incredibly important. Ruth spoke to WKEI RegionalMediaNews.com about the positions that will be voted on and how the leadership and structure of the Kewanee Education Association works. The results of the leadership election will be announced next month. 

The Radiology Department at OSF Saint Luke Medical Center has new equipment that is expanding their services and giving more patients the chance to get treatment closer to home. Josh Bainbridge and Shelly Naftzger with the Radiology and Imaging Department at OSF Saint Luke Medical Center joined Wake Up Tri-Counties to talk about new technology, the difference between a CT and an MRI, and what it means to get to help patients stay closer to home. Josh and Shelly, along with Samantha Rux were our guests this week on Wake Up Tri-Counties. 

Sparks is joined by Sarah Baca & Destiny Dunnigan from Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Mississippi Valley to talk about the organization, as well as their upcoming 35th Annual Plant Sale at the Fortress Bank location on East Jackson Street in Macomb from May 8th to the 11th. 

There'll plenty hundreds of hanging baskets, displays, and annuals available for sale starting at 8 a.m. with all of the proceeds going to benefit the Big Brothers Big Sisters, which helps pair underage youth with mentors in the community. 

BBBS is also looking for volunteers to work the Plant Sale. 

For more information about volunteering for the Plant Sale or to become a Big or Little, contact Sarah Baca at (309) 837-5437 or visit the Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Mississippi Valley Facebook page.

On this week's edition of The Boiler Shop Russ Hughes reacts to the news that Dayton Ince has been chosen as the new Head Coach of the Kewanee Boilermakers. Ince goes back a long way with the Kewanee Basketball program and Russ has known the man for years. We also talked about Kyle Galli being named as the new Head Basketball Coach at Wethersfield, and, as usual, we run down the week that was in Spring sports with Kewanee Baseball, Softball, and Boys and Girls Track. It's all part of Week Six of The Boiler Shop. 

Dog the Bounty Hunter, aka Duane Chapman, is revealing his most intimate stories in Nine Lives and Counting: A Bounty Hunter’s Journey to Faith, Hope, and Redemption (Nelson Book, HarperCollins Christian Publishing) a gripping memoir, releasing April 16, 2024. With a career that reads like a series of high-octane novels, Dog now invites readers into his real-life drama.