Herb Trix
News Director, Host All Things Considered and Midwest WeekA 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.
While a graduate student in the Public Affairs Reporting Program at the University of Illinois at Springfield (then known as Sangamon State University), he got his first taste of public radio, covering Illinois state government for WUIS.
Here in the Quad Cities, Herb worked for WHBF Radio before coming to WVIK in 1987. Herb also produces the weekly public affairs feature Midwest Week – covering the news behind the news by interviewing reporters about the stories they cover.
Herb resides in Moline with his wife Diane, and their dog Augie.
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On Midwest Week, local school districts try to recruit new teachers with programs called "grow your own." -
On Midwest Week, local school districts try to recruit new teachers with programs called "grow your own."
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Thanks to the state, airports across Illinois will be able to make a variety of local improvements. Wednesday Governor J.B. Pritzker officially announced grants totaling 94 million dollars from the Rebuild Illinois Capital Program.
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GovernmentStarting early next year, all phone calls will require ten digits, even local calls. That's so the new nationwide Suicide Prevention hotline, 988, can be available all across the country.
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With colder weather coming soon, more shelter space for the homeless will open Wednesday.
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The latest COVID surge is sending more people to hospitals and straining health care resources in the Quad Cities. Genesis Health System reports its hospitals are now treating the highest number of coronavirus patients since last December.
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The manager of the Quad Cities River Bandits has been named the 2021 Minor League Manager of the Year by Baseball America.
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The COVID-19 patient count at Quad Cities area hospitals has gone up, and more people are needing intensive care.
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With our help, the Niabi Zoo in Coal Valley will help save another endangered species. Monday it began a ten-day, online auction to raise money for a new exhibit that would feature African Painted Dogs.
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EconomyUnemployment has fallen in the Quad Cities, from 5.5 per cent in October of last year, to 3.9 per cent last month.
