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Evening News for Tuesday, December 5, 2017

WVIK, Quad Cities NPR | By Herb Trix

Published December 5, 2017 at 5:55 PM CST

tonight's headlines:

a gas pipeline explosion in Lee County, Illinois has killed two, and seriously injured 2 others,
another challenge is in the works for Iowa's bottle deposit law,
and Happy Joe's is holding its 45th annual holiday parties for special needs children.

Increasing clouds and breezy overnight, low near 23. Sunny on Wednesday, high around 33.

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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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