Amanda came to Patch in June 2010 after graduating from Northwestern University with a bachelor's degree in journalism. She launched Lemont Patch in 2010, and covered the community for two years before moving to Downers Grove in August 2012.
Prior to Patch, Amanda wrote for her college newspaper, The Daily Northwestern, covering city council and education. In 2009, Amanda spent three months interning at the Orange County Register in California. Despite the large market, it was here that she learned the ins and outs of community reporting. After returning to Illinois in June 2009, Amanda immediately started working as an editorial intern in the DuPage County office of the Daily Herald. During her senior year at Northwestern, she spent six months investigating a possible wrongful conviction case with the Medill Innocence Project.
New regulations that would have increased the number of eligible lots from 509 to 13,883 were called "too much, too soon" during the nearly four-hour standing committee meeting.
The Downers Grove North Athenas and Downers Grove South Fillies will travel to Bloomington, IL, on Friday and Saturday after placing among the top 12 teams at the 3A sectional in Palatine.
The Wheaton-based foundation will offer a three-tiered childhood obesity intervention program at Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital in Downers Grove.
Downers Grove police reports, Jan. 9-20.
Does a flu shot cause the flu? Do healthy people need a shot? Here are the answers to some myths
Doctors recommend dressing in layers and keeping dry as temperatures dip below freezing across the Chicago area.
The Wizards will provide an evening of basketball and comedy at Downers Grove South High School on Sunday, Feb. 17.
Downers Grove police reports, Jan. 9-20.
Wind chills expected to be well below zero today.
How to watch President Barack Obama's 2013 inauguration online and on television.
Downers Grove police reports, Jan. 14-17.
The Downers Grove council is scheduled to discuss proposed amendments to the fowl ordinance during a standing committee meeting at 6 p.m.
Federal offices, schools and other institutions will be closed Monday, Jan. 21, in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.
The day honoring the Civil Rights leader officially became a holiday in 1983 and is now known as a national day of service.
The National Weather Service issued the advisory from 7 p.m. Saturday to 3 a.m. Sunday as cold weather moves into the area.
A look back at the Downers Grove headlines, Jan. 14-20.
Annual contest with Classic Cinemas runs through Feb. 23.
Technical Sgt. Kristin A. King, the principal clarinetist in the U.S. Air Force Concert Band, will march in the inaugural parade and play the first dance of President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama on Monday.
Downers Grove police reports, Jan. 4.
Joseph Spitalli, of Darien, was charged in November with kidnapping his ex-girlfriend and slitting the throat of her new boyfriend. He appeared in court Monday.
