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Monday, April 9, 2018

WVIK, Quad Cities NPR | By Herb Trix

Published April 9, 2018 at 3:59 AM CDT

Today's headlines:

even though we have no hockey team, season tickets are on sale,
Iowa lawmakers want to ban sanctuary cities,
and why blue pinwheels are popping up around the Quad Cities.

Today's weather: a 60% chance of rain and snow between 10 a.m. and noon, then a slight chance of rain after noon. Cloudy, with a high near 42.

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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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