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Monday, April 2, 2018

WVIK, Quad Cities NPR | By Herb Trix
Published April 2, 2018 at 3:59 AM CDT

Today's headlines:

  • the Davenport School District wants to spend more money on security,
  • the Peoria schools buy stun guns for their security officers, 
  • and Iowa tries to expand its programs for people with mental illness.

Today's weather: a high near 43 with light winds.
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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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