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Romeoville HS Teacher Is Contestant On 'Wheel Of Fortune'

The episode will air at 6:30 p.m. on Dec. 31 on ABC7 Chicago, featuring Romeoville HS teacher Mike Stoehrmann as a contestant.

ROMEOVILLE, IL — Romeoville High School science teacher Mike Stoehrmann will appear as a contestant on the Dec. 31 episode of "Wheel of Fortune," according to the school district.

The episode will air at 6:30 p.m. on Dec. 31 on ABC7 Chicago.

The District said that Stoehrmann responded to a Wheel of Fortune contestant search on Facebook seeking Disney fans, and he submitted a picture of him and his family at Disneyland. Stoehrman did some Zoom auditions, then auditions in Los Angeles.

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Stoehrmann became a fan of the show years ago as he would watch “Wheel of Fortune" with his mother, according to the District.

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