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Evening News for Friday, October 20, 2017

tonight's headlines:

  • Governor Rauner has identified 200 million dollars in cuts he'd like to make in the Illinois budget,
  • the Trump Administration changes its mind and says it will support the current Renewable Fuel Standard,
  • and Marlita Greve will serve another term as chief judge of Iowa's 7th Judicial District.

the forecast: partly cloudy tonight with a low near 59. Partly sunny and breezy on Saturday,high 77. 

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.