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Evening News for Friday, January 12, 2018

WVIK, Quad Cities NPR | By Herb Trix
Published January 12, 2018 at 5:42 PM CST

tonight's headlines:

  • the number of deaths blamed on flu continues to rise in both Iowa and Illinois,
  • Cheri Bustos tells fellow democrats how they can win elections,
  • and Churches United names an interim executive director.

Partly cloudy tonight with a low near 2 and wind chills to -10. Sunny tomorrow, high 14. Wind chills to -15.
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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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