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.
A screenplay usually comes after a book—but La Grange author turned the process on its head with his debut novel, "Recalled to Life."
Small coffees could see an increase of 10 cents a cup.
Small coffees could see an increase of 10 cents a cup.
My mom recently found these four photos her dad took at the 1958 La Grange Pet Parade.
My mom recently found these four photos her dad took at the 1958 La Grange Pet Parade.
Also this week: a local hero tragically dies saving his grandson, a dad ends up in trouble over his kid's party, and a basement-dweller is nabbed for child porn.
Also this week: a local hero tragically dies saving his grandson, a dad ends up in trouble over his kid's party, and a basement-dweller is nabbed for child porn.
The chemical treatment is intended to keep the village's ash trees healthy as long as possible.
La Grange police reports, June 14-17
Check out a sampling of what La Grange and Western Springs readers posted this week on our boards.
Check out a sampling of what La Grange and Western Springs readers posted this week on our boards.
A look at the top stories last week in La Grange and Western Springs.
A look at the top stories last week in La Grange and Western Springs.
Magic is a 9-year-old domestic shorthair mix seeking a forever home.
Magic is a 9-year-old domestic shorthair mix seeking a forever home.
Magic is a 9-year-old domestic shorthair mix seeking a forever home.
Magic is a 9-year-old domestic shorthair mix seeking a forever home.
