Regional Media Podcast Network

OSF Healthcare is preparing an all new Community Health Needs Assessment. Connie Wessels joined Samantha Rux on Wake Up Tri-Counties to discuss planning for the annual Community Health Needs Assessment which will be seeking Henry County residents to fill out the Community Health Needs Assessment in order to determine what health services Henry County residents would like to have represented at OSF Saint Luke Medical Center. In the past, the Community Health Needs Assessment has helped determine the need for further mental health services in the area. The newest Community Health Needs Assessment will be seeking responses from the community later this year. 

The Kewanee Boilermakers defeated Bureau Valley on Friday night, 68 to 59. It was another season high for Kewanee star Brady Clark who put up 30 points in the win. Kewanee took a big lead in the second half before Bureau Valley came back in the third quarter to make it close. Cottrelle Reed backed up Brady Clark with 15 points as Kewanee pulled away to a 9 point win in the end. After the game, Kewanee Boilermakers Head Coach Matt Clark joined Russ Hughes and Jeremy Peart in the booth for our Postgame Podcast. 

On Friday morning on WKEI, the voice of the Kewanee Boilermakers, Russ Hughes joined Wake Up Tri-Counties. Russ looked back on the terrific Thursday night win for the Kewanee Girls Basketball team over Newman Central Catholic and previewed tonight's Kewanee Boys Basketball game as the boys will play host to Bureau Valley on Friday night at 7 PM on RegionalMediaNews.com 100.1 FM and 1450 AM WKEI. 

Following the win against Newman Central Catholic, two of the stars of the game, Star Jordan and Aaliyah Duarte joined Russ Hughes and Jeremy Peart on the postgame podcast. 

The Kewanee Girls defeated Newman Central Catholic on Thursday night. The final score, Kewanee 45 NCC 32. After the game, Coach Nick Christakos joined Russ Hughes and Jeremy Peart in the booth to talk about the continuing positive progress of his Kewanee Girls Basketball team. 

The Henry County Senior Center is hoping you will help make some phone calls. Cassandra Schmoll from the Henry County Senior Center spoke with Wake Up Tri-Counties on Thursday and told WKEI that the Senior Center has yet to receive funds that were promised to the Center by state and federal agencies. Cassandra asked, on behalf of the Senior Center, if people would contact the Illinois State Comptroller's Office to ask why funds are currently being withheld from so-called 'Triple A's,' Area Agencies on Aging which control funding for local senior centers around the state of Illinois. But that's not all, contact your state representatives to let them know as well that places like the Henry County Senior Center, which provides a remarkable number of services across the community, has not been provided funds that were specifically assigned to them via grant funds. 

John Taylor, Jason Bates, and their fellow volunteers are working year round now to bring live music to our area. Via Crossroads Cultural Connections they have brought live music to Bishop Hill, Cambridge, and Galva all year round and all while maintaining status a not for profit entity. These concerts thrive because of the generosity and attendance of local music fans across Henry and Stark County. We talked with Jason Bates with Crossroads Cultural Connections as well as the return of the Levitt Amp Galva Music Series which will be back in Galva again this Summer.