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Tuesday, Oct 20, 2009 at 10:15 CDT

10 Days until Halloween

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NBC 5's Matt Rodewald hasn't blogged in a while. So here's the latest from the Traffic Lounge, why the chatroom went away (for now) and your hint for what the News Team's costumes will be next week. Read More

BY Matt Rodewald
Friday, May 29, 2009 at 11:00 CDT

"...it's like going into Wisconsin!"

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First, if you can name the movie from which the headline is from, I'll give you some props on Dance Friday next week. Construction season sucks! I mentioned the Wisconsin mess during trivia yesterday. Then it dawned on me that the race at the... Read More

BY Matt Rodewald
Friday, May 22, 2009 at 09:15 CDT

Can I have my tie back, please?

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I'm just kidding, you can hang onto it as long as you want. That's Ashley Lobo and she was SO UPSET that she couldn't do Dance Friday last week when the rest of the Blackhawks Ice Crew was here. As for me, I never get any guests to stop by... Read More

BY Matt Rodewald
Thursday, May 7, 2009 at 11:15 CDT

Odd or Even?

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On this one of six "odd" days in the entire century (05/07/09), we didn't have very many odd items come up on the roads. There was a serious crash in NW Indiana that caused a huge traffic mess for at least four hours on I-80/94. Read More

BY Matt Rodewald

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NBC 5 Traffic and Transportation Reporter chats it up about the roads, the people on the roads, and everything behind the scenes at the Traffic Lounge.

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