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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Hundreds of bike riders will tour eastern Iowa and northwestern Illinois this weekend. The Quad Cities Bicycle Club will host the annual "Tour of the Mississippi River Valley," or TOMRV (tom-rahv) on Saturday and Sunday. -
Moline residents can help the city decide how to spend its money from the American Rescue Plan. The city expects to receive 20.2 million dollars from Washington to help recover from the pandemic.
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Playcrafters Barn Theatre’s first production in 15 months, the new drama “Princeton’s Rage,” is personal for both its Quad-Cities playwright and director.
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Even though their petition drive for a special election failed, Democrats in Scott County are still pleased with how many signatures they were able to collect in a very short time.
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A missing Davenport teenager has been found, but the investigation into her disappearance continues.
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Scott County will receive nearly 34 million dollars from the American Rescue Plan, and the board of supervisors is starting to consider how to spend it.
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Hoping to avoid serious injuries and fires, Davenport residents are being reminded to follow the law and focus on safety when they celebrate the 4th of July.
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Rock Island has a problem, but it's a problem city officials welcome - how to spend the 26.5 million dollars it'll receive from the American Rescue Plan. Tuesday night the city council will hold a special meeting to begin figuring how, and where, to spend that money.
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Construction has started on a new, rehabilitation hospital in Moline, next to the Unity Point Health-Trinity campus. Officials of Unity Point and its partner, Encompass Health, held a ground breaking Monday for the Quad Cities Rehabilitation Institute that should open in the summer of next year.
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After a year with no downtown market in Moline, Mercado on Fifth is back, with its family-friendly festivities, and a new director is excited to expand the market to downtown Davenport.
