Dave Oberhelman
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Benet Academy girls basketball duo puts in the miles to lead their teamJul 31, 2025 10:29 pm - Benet Academy girls basketball players Emma Briggs and Bridget Rifenburg are four-year varsity players looking to lead the Redwings to another strong season.
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Mexican Independence Day Festival to return to West Chicago after hiatusJul 31, 2025 2:48 pm - New leadership and West Chicago Alderman Julieta Alcántar-Garcia are planning the return of the city’s Mexican Independence Day Festival in September.
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‘You keep fighting’: After decades competing in football, Jeff Thorne is in the battle of his life against cancerJul 30, 2025 4:50 pm - Jeff Thorne, Wheaton Warrenville South Athletic hall of famer and former Division III championship football coach at North Central College in Naperville, is in a battle against stomach cancer.
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Moody Blues bassist John Lodge keeps his drive as a singer in a rock and roll bandJul 28, 2025 1:23 pm - John Lodge, bass player and vocalist for the legendary British band The Moody Blues, brings his “Singer in a Rock and Roll Band” tour to St. Charles Aug. 6 and Des Plaines Aug. 7.
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Benet Academy stadium renovation plan draws concerns from neighbors over noise, lightsJul 21, 2025 1:00 pm - Some neighbors of Benet Academy in Lisle are raising concerns about a proposal to renovate and modernize the school’s Baumgartner-Gilbert Stadium.
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Lakes graduate Larson came into Fargo as No. 1 wrestler in the nationJul 16, 2025 11:17 am - Josephine Larson, who graduated from Lakes Community High School and will wrestle at Division I Sacred Heart University in Connecticut, ended the 2024-25 school year as the nation’s No. 1 ranked girls wrestler at 190 pounds.
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New Geneva fitness studio is ‘owned by women, for women’Jul 16, 2025 10:26 am - Having successfully operated LadyStrong Fitness in Schaumburg since 2016, partners Marciea Allen and Brittany Welk-Allen are opening a second facility this summer in Geneva.
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True Grit: Bike racing series ‘has become a summertime staple’ in suburbsJul 15, 2025 4:23 pm - The Chicago Grit — a series of bicycle races in 10 communities over 10 straight days — kicks off Friday delivering fun and energy from July 18-27.
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‘A fun one’: Why Chicago band Sincere Engineer’s show at a South Elgin strip mall restaurant is a big dealJul 14, 2025 6:35 pm - Saturday’s concert by rock band Sincere Engineer at Legit Dogs in South Elgin is a coup for the restaurant.
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Elgin man charged with possessing child sex abuse materialsJul 14, 2025 3:33 pm - An Elgin man has been charged with possessing child pornography and violating the Sex Offender Registration Act.