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16 hrs ago | NBC 5

Suburban Retirees Are Big Losers

A husband-and-wife team from Wheaton are the oldest-ever contestants on NBC's "The Biggest Loser." Many people resolved this year to lose weight, but this goal requires a daunting long-term commitment to eating ...

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Related Topix: Game Show, The Biggest Loser, Reality TV, Entertainment, Television

Wed Jan 07, 2009

Daily Herald

DUI charges against Avellini refiled

Prosecutors have pulled their own version of a quarterback sneak on former Chicago Bears QB Bob Avellini.

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Related Topix: Roselle, IL, Dupage County, IL, Burr Ridge, IL, Downers Grove, IL

Tue Jan 06, 2009

Daily Herald

DuPage to help Wheaton rebuild bridge

Wheaton leaders say they are hopeful that this is the year the city can start rebuilding one of the most dilapidated bridges in Illinois.

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Related Topix: Dupage County, IL

Sun Jan 04, 2009

Wheaton Sun

Happy returns for these gifts

Exchanging Christmas gifts in Glen Ellyn and Wheaton in the days after Dec. 25 is just as much a ritual as buying them before the holiday.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Christmas, Glen Ellyn, IL, Lisle, IL, Downers Grove, IL, Winfield, IL

Fri Jan 02, 2009

Daily Herald

Ex-gymnastics coach's bail set at $550,000

A former Aurora gymnastics coach accused of fondling some female students could be released on bond as he awaits a new trial.

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Related Topix: Aurora, IL, Dupage County, IL

Wed Dec 31, 2008

Daily Herald

Police: Wheaton man threw snowball at cops

Police say a Wheaton man's wish to spend Christmas in jail was granted after he threw a snowball at an officer's squad car.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Christmas, Kane County, IL

Press-Citizen

Richardson plans to return

The arrow appears to be pointing up for Dace Richardson's football career again.

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Related Topix: Sports, University of Iowa NCAA, NCAA Sports

Tue Dec 30, 2008

Wheaton Sun

They're in the bunny

Fish gotta swim. Birds gotta fly. And rabbits? Well, rabbits gotta reproduce. An unidentified DuPage County woman has proven that maxim in spades, after allowing uncaged, domesticated Dutch rabbits to breed in ...

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Related Topix: Dupage County, IL

Sun Dec 28, 2008

AccuWeather.com

Then One Foggy Christmas Eve

AccuWeather.com forecasters say Santa Claus will need more than Rudolph's red nose as he negotiates a nasty areas of snow, ice, rain and fog on Christmas Eve.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Christmas, Weather, Chicago Metro

Fri Dec 26, 2008

Wheaton Sun

Fugitive pleads guilty to role in three 1980 deaths

A DuPage County law enforcement official who spent more than 25 years looking for a suspect saw his time pay off Thursday when the man pleaded guilty to his role in a 1980 accident that claimed three lives.

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Related Topix: Dupage County, IL, Train Disaster, Villa Park, IL

Thu Dec 25, 2008

Daily Journal/Sunday Journal

Womana s frozen body found on sidewalk in Ill.

Womana TMs frozen body found on sidewalk in Ill. Posted 12/22/2008, 9:51AM, by Melissa Gaug WHEATON, Ill.

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Related Topix: Dupage County, IL, Addison, IL

Wed Dec 24, 2008

Daily Herald

1 injured in Wheaton apartment fire

One person was left homeless in Wheaton Wednesday after a fire destroyed his apartment at 1115 College Avenue, officials said.

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Related Topix: Fire

Tue Dec 23, 2008

Daily Herald

DuPage authorities probing two deaths

Preliminary autopsy results show frigid temperatures may have contributed to the death of a 48-year-old Addison woman who was discovered on a sidewalk early Sunday morning, officials said.

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Related Topix: Addison, IL, Dupage County, IL, Weather

Mon Dec 22, 2008

Lisle Sun

Sheriff's office arrests 4 men in Christmas time crime ring

Two west suburban men who allegedly recruited homeless men to steal merchandise from Wal-Mart stores, which they would then sell on eBay or Craigslist, have been charged with felony theft and burglary.

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Related Topix: Glen Ellyn, IL, Dupage County, IL, Lisle, IL

Sun Dec 21, 2008

Wood Dale Press

: Wheaton golf club offers $20.09 menu

Beginning New Year's Eve and continuing through February, Arrowhead Restaurant and Bar will have three entree selections, including choice of salad or dessert, for $20.09. Guests can also kick off the new year ...

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Related Topix: Life, Food, Dining, Holidays, New Year's Day/Eve, Cake, Baked Goods, Dessert

Sat Dec 20, 2008

Daily Herald

Friends mourn former Wheaton police chief

It wasn't exactly textbook police work. But John Grotto will never forget his first day on the job at the Wheaton Police Department or Carl Dobbs, the man who gave him his first lesson in how to be a cop.

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Daily Herald

Free hairdos for the holidays in Wheaton

Everybody needs a fresh, flattering hairdo for the holidays. But in these tough economic times, not everyone can afford to pay for one.

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Fri Dec 19, 2008

Wheaton Sun

Man charged in stabbing held on $400,000 bond

Warrenville Police were called about 6 a.m. Dec. 11 to 28 W. 502 Main St. in Warrenville for a report of an adult male who had been stabbed.

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Related Topix: Warrenville, IL, Naperville, IL, Dupage County, IL

CBS2

Child Sex Offender Back In Prison

Dec 19, 2008 10:10 am US/Central JOLIET, Ill. A man who has failed to follow legal procedures four times since being found guilty of sexually molesting a teenage girl 11 years ago has been returned to prison.

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Related Topix: Joliet, IL, Stateville Correctional Center, State Prisons, Prison, Downers Grove, IL, Dupage County, IL, Will County, IL

Naperville Sun

Two home burglaries in Wheaton

Wheaton police reported two residential burglaries in Wheaton during the afternoon hours Dec.

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