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Friday, June 15, 2018

WVIK, Quad Cities NPR | By Herb Trix
Published June 15, 2018 at 3:59 AM CDT

Today's headlines:

  • the Government Bridge is closed this morning,
  • the Elephant Club honored victims of domestic violence,
  • and Eastern Iowa Community Colleges has sold its old campus.

Today's forecast: partly cloudy with a high of 93 and the heat index as high as 100.
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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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