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Monday, February 12, 2018

today's headlines:

  • a new study on the possible impact of closing just one lock along the upper Mississippi River,
  • a prediction that farm income will be the lowest since 2006,
  • and Government Bridge will be closed to vehicles from this morning through Wednesday. night.

The forecast: it should be sunny today, with a high around 23. 

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.