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Tuesday, February 27, 2018

WVIK, Quad Cities NPR | By Herb Trix
Published February 27, 2018 at 3:59 AM CST

today's headlines:

  • flu deaths in Iowa this winter are triple the number of last winter,
  • four cases of mumps so far this year in Rock Island County,
  • and Ill. St. Rep. Tony McCombie introduces bills to create and retain jobs. 

Another nice day ahead - sunny today with a high near 62. 
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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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