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Rock River Falling Slowly

WVIK News

After cresting earlier this week, the level of the Mississippi River is dropping fast, but not the Rock.

In the Quad Cities, the Mississippi has fallen more than 2 feet since it crested on Tuesday, at one foot over flood stage. Downstream, it's also begun to fall in Muscatine, New Boston, Keithsburg, and Burlington.

In Moline, the Rock River crested on Wednesday nearly 3 1/2 feet over flood stage, but has only fallen about 3/4 of a foot since then. And it's not expected to reach flood stage until next Thursday.

In Joslin, the river has dropped about 1 1/2 feet since it crested on Tuesday, and likely won't fall below flood stage for a week. 

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.