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Economy

Fewer Jobs on Arsenal Island

WVIK, Quad Cities NPR | By Herb Trix
Published December 11, 2014 at 5:50 PM CST
Dispatch & RI Argus

This week on Midwest Week, why one of this area's largest employers has lost jobs in recent years. And the prospects for getting some of them back.

Herb Trix's guest is Eric Timmons, reporter for the Dispatch and Rock Island Argus.
 
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Economy Rock Island County BoardRock Island ArsenalKen MarandaJoint Manufacturing & Technology CenterArmy
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.
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