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Body of Drowning Victim Recovered

Three days after he drowned in the Mississippi River, the body of Galesburg man has been found. Friday morning, a rescue crew from the Arsenal Fire Department recovered the body of 25 year Malik  Williams near where he was last seen - along the Ben Butterworth Parkway in Moline.

Tuesday night Williams jumped into the river to save his 6 year old who had fallen into the water. The child was rescued by someone who'd been driving by and heard people screaming, but he was not able to save the father. 
 

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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.