Economy

Viking Cruises Begin in June

WVIK, Quad Cities NPR | By Herb Trix

Published April 8, 2022 at 11:18 AM CDT

the Viking ship under construction in Louisiana

On Midwest Week, Viking River Cruises is putting the finishing touches on its first ship that will cruise the Mississippi River.

Herb Trix's guest is Michaele Niehaus, reporter for the The Hawkeye newspaper in Burlington.
You can also hear Midwest Week Fridays on WVIK at 6:20 pm, during All Things Considered.

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Herb Trix

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. While a graduate student in the Public Affairs Reporting Program at the University of Illinois at Springfield (then known as Sangamon State University), he got his first taste of public radio, covering Illinois state government for WUIS. Here in the Quad Cities, Herb worked for WHBF Radio before coming to WVIK in 1987. Herb also produces the weekly public affairs feature Midwest Week – covering the news behind the news by interviewing reporters about the stories they cover.

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