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Environment

Neighbors Protest Hog Farm Plans

WVIK, Quad Cities NPR | By Herb Trix
Published January 22, 2019 at 8:00 AM CST
Credit Illinois Livestock Development Group

Some residents of Mercer County are worried about the possible impact of a proposed new hog-raising operation. So they've organized, and are trying to stop it. 

Herb Trix reports.
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Environment violaMercer CountyIllinois DNRBiddle FarmsMike HollenbackConcerned Neighbors & Farmers of Mercer CountyDoug OwensNick AndersonIllinois Livestock Development GroupCAFO
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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