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Evening News for Friday, October 27, 2017

WVIK, Quad Cities NPR | By Herb Trix
Published October 27, 2017 at 5:56 PM CDT

tonight's headlines:

  • a state panel says "no" to plans by Mercy Hospital in Dubuque,
  • with new technology, Jim's Place at SAU in Davenport can now help  disabled veterans anywhere, not just in the QC,
  • and Carl Sandburg College and its faculty extend their contract for 3 more years.

Cloudy and breezy overnight with a low near 34. Cloudy and breezy tomorrow, high 42. 
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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.
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