Lauren serves as associate regional editor for several Patch.com sites in the suburbs as well as in five North Side Chicago neighborhoods. She came to Patch from InsideCounsel, a legal magazine where she worked as managing editor. She was awarded Folio Magazine's 2011 Bronze Eddie Award for business reporting for her story "Mind the Gap: Generation Y Enters the Workplace." She has a master's in journalism from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism. Post-graduation, she completed a three-month investigative reporting fellowship through the Carnegie-Knight News21 Initiative. She spent the summer reporting on the environmental, political and economic implications of a controversial industrial dairy farm under construction in northwest Illinois. Prior to graduate school, she worked as assistant director of undergraduate admission at Northwestern. She has a bachelor's degree in performance studies from Northwestern's School of Communication. Her freelance reporting and writing has appeared in Time Out Chicago, A.V. Club Chicago, Men's Health, Skin Inc. (a spa industry magazine) and the Chicago Sun-Times.
Becca Mueller's bedroom held a lot of difficult memories after she finished two-and-a-half years of cancer treatment. With the help of Special Spaces Chicagoland, she's starting to look forward to happier times within those four walls.
We wanted to let you know about a number of recent upgrades to the site, which are sure to make your time on Patch even better.
We wanted to let you know about a number of recent upgrades to the site, which are sure to make your time on Patch even better
Also: Take the reins of the West Suburban Chamber and share your garage sale on Patch.
Also: Take the reins of the West Suburban Chamber and share your garage sale on Patch.
See which restaurants Yelp! users picked as their top local spots with patios.
See which restaurants Yelp! users picked as their top spots with patios.
Also: Mécénat Bistro serves up Tuesday night deals on burgers and sangria.
Also: See the White Sox while benefitting Greater La Grange YMCA Special Olympics and celebrate National Hot Dog Day.
Also this week: a man accused of toy-store up-skirt video-taping, a dedicated fireman saves an elderly woman's life and a drunk driver takes a life.
La Grange police reports, June 13-15.
Summer is the time for road trips, and I want to know where you like to go and what you do when you get there.
Summer is the time for road trips, and I want to know where you like to go and what you do when you get there.
Here's what to do if you get a sketchy voicemail like the one I received earlier this week.
The to-be-named calf was nearly 6-feet tall at birth, according to a Brookfield Zoo release.
The to-be-named calf was nearly 6-feet tall at birth, according to a Brookfield Zoo release.
Here's what to do if you get a sketchy voicemail like the one I received earlier this week.
La Grange police reports, July 10-12.
Obesity is responsible for over 300,000 US deaths annually. Find out how fat our county is.
Obesity is responsible for over 300,000 US deaths annually. Find out how fat our county is.
