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Mississippi Cresting Now in QC

The crest of the Mississippi River has reached the Quad Cities.

The National Weather Service reports the river reached flood stage on Saturday, and should hold at that level until Tuesday, and then begin to fall. Last week, the forecast was for a crest half a foot higher.

The Mississippi crested Friday and Saturday in Dubuque just below flood stage, and the level has been dropping ever since - it's fallen more than a foot and-a-half.

In Clinton, the river crested Sunday more than a foot below flood stage.

The Mississippi is cresting now at flood stage in Muscatine, and should begin to fall starting Tuesday. 

A native of Detroit, Herb Trix began his radio career as a country-western disc jockey in Roswell, New Mexico (“KRSY, your superkicker in the Pecos Valley”), in 1978. After a stint at an oldies station in Topeka, Kansas (imagine getting paid to play “Louie Louie” and “Great Balls of Fire”), he wormed his way into news, first in Topeka, and then in Freeport Illinois.