CHICAGO – A Wisconsin family is searching for answers after a husband and father of two went missing in Chicago’s suburbs on Wednesday night.

Ben Oberto, who lives in New Berlin, Wisconsin, works for a wine company and was last seen at 1776 Restaurant in Crystal Lake, where he spent several hours for work. Surveillance footage showed him leaving the restaurant at 8:56 p.m., and his car exiting the parking lot at 9:02 p.m.

From there, toll records and his phone’s signal suggest he traveled on I-90. His I-Pass registered at the Elgin Plaza at 9:27 p.m., and his phone last pinged in the Rosemont area around 9:47 p.m.

Shortly after, the phone lost power, and there has been no activity on his credit cards or phone since.

His wife, Laura Leatherberry, is struggling to explain the situation to their children, a 3-year-old son and a 21-year-old daughter living in New York.

“Your head can go a lot of different places. I just want him to be alive,” Leatherberry said. “I don’t know what to tell my son right now. He has a daughter who I just told a few hours ago, and she’s distraught and just wants her dad home.”

Oberto was driving a 2019 Subaru Impreza with Wisconsin license plate “ANJ 2349.”

Authorities in Crystal Lake and New Berlin have not yet confirmed a missing persons report, but his family is urging anyone with information to contact police.

The Wisconsin Badgers (5-4, 3-3 Big Ten) will host the No. 1 Oregon Ducks (10-0, 7-0 Big Ten) at Camp Randall Stadium on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. ET, 6:30 p.m. CT. It will be the seventh all-time meeting between the two programs.

The Badgers and Ducks have split their six prior matchups, but Oregon comes in on a three-game win streak, including Rose Bowl wins in 2011 and 2019.

The Ducks defeated Wisconsin 28-27 in the Rose Bowl on Jan. 1, 2020 with quarterback Justin Herbert leading the Ducks to a game-winning drive with less than eight minutes left while trailing 27-21.

In the contest, Herbert was limited to 14 completions on 20 pass attempts for 138 yards and an interception, but he did score three times on the ground, churning out 29 rushing yards in the game.

Over on the Badgers’ side of things, quarterback Jack Coan completed 23 of 25 passes for 186 yards and a touchdown, also throwing an interception in the contest. Wide receiver Quintez Cephus was on the receiving end of the touchdown, finishing his day with 59 yards and the score on seven receptions.

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Oregon enters Saturday’s matchup after a 39-18 win over Maryland in Week 11, reaching the 30-point threshold for the ninth game in a row. Quarterback Dillon Gabriel had 183 passing yards and three touchdowns in the win.

Wisconsin was idle in Week 11 after getting crushed by Iowa 42-10 on the road in Week 10, losing their second game in a row. Luke Fickell and his squad have a tough task ahead of them against the top team in the country for their first meeting as Big Ten foes Saturday.

The 2024 Wisconsin high school football playoffs continue Friday night (November 15) with several big matchups across the state, including Division 1 semifinal games Mukwonago vs. Muskego and Bay Port vs D.C. Everest.

The winner of those two games will meet in the state championship next week.

In the Division 2 bracket, we have a battle of the 1 seeds as Badger takes on Slinger, and the winner advances to the state championship. The other semifinal matchup is Rice Lake vs West De Pere.

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