Regional Media Podcast Network

Wednesday was National Hot Chocolate Day and we got The Good News about Hot Chocolate from local third grader, Heath.... 

The Kewanee Boilermakers defeated Hall on Tuesday night in a game heard live on WKEI. The final score was Kewanee 62 and Hall 52. Brady Clark led Kewanee with 26 points on the night while Blaise Lewis had a breakout night, knocking down big three pointers on his way to a season high 22 points. After the game, Coach Matt Clark joined Russ Hughes and Jeremy Peart in the booth to talk about the game and looking ahead to playoff action which is not that far away. 

Savannah Ballard from the City of Macomb Marketing and Downtown Development Office returns to talk about the upcoming Small Business Competition, which returns to Macomb for the first time since 2018.

This competition gives aspiring entrepreneurs the chance to gain insight and resources to help them go from idea to opening their business. It all starts with an informational meeting on February 6th at 6 p.m. at the Spoon River Outreach Center (2500 East Jackson). During this meeting, they'll be able to ask questions and network with entrepreneurs in the community, before deciding to taking their shot in the 4 weekly workshops that eventually lead up to the Big Business Pitch on March 25th, where 3 winning businesses will receive their share of a prize pool worth over $30,000.

For more information about the Small Business Competition, contact Savannah at sballard@cityofmacomb.com or call her at (309) 575-3015.

A good deed done by the staff of Tumbleson Automotive has gone viral. Late Thursday evening, a good Samaritan posted on social media about how a group of seniors on a planned trip to Hawaii had been stranded at the Quad Cities Airport. It appears that their connecting flight to O'Hare Airport in Chicago had been grounded due to heavy fog. The Facebook poster asked if there was anyone who had a bus who might be able to help these people out. If they didn't make their morning flight in Chicago, each of them were out $6000 dollars. Seeing the post, a member of the staff at Tumbleson Automotivie called their boss, Mike Tumbleson and the team sprung into action. Digging one of their buses from their party bus fleet out of the snow, and grabbing a second bus for the overflowing amount of luggage involved, they went to the QC Airport, grabbed the group of seniors and made the trip to Chicago in time for the connecting flight. By the time Mike joined Wake Up Tri-Counties on Friday morning, the group of seniors was in the air, on their way to Hawaii with memories they will never forget about a group of Kewanee folks who pitched in in a moment of need. We call that The Good News. 

Our Wethersfield Third Grade Students joined us on Friday with The Good News about Snow! 

Pat Zigler with the CGH cardiac care unit talked about February, Heart Month and what's available for care at CGH.