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.
Don't be fooled by the name: The Hot Moms are dudes with a garage-band vibe who, led by Western Springs' Andrew Stephens, met at Stonegrove Guitar in La Grange.
The babies are due this summer and fall. Look through the photo gallery of the expectant moms, including the most incredible ultrasound picture you'll ever see.
The babies are due this summer and fall. Look through the photo gallery of the expectant moms, including the most incredible ultrasound picture you'll ever see.
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The babies are due this summer and fall. Look through the photo gallery of the expectant moms, including the most incredible ultrasound picture you'll ever see.
The babies are due this summer and fall. Look through the photo gallery of the expectant moms, including the most incredible ultrasound picture you'll ever see.
Students maneuvered golf carts through a course while wearing goggles that mimic the effects of drunkenness.
La Grange police reports, May 14-17.
The district denied any impropriety in the arrangement it made in 1999 that excused it from paying administrative fees for tasks it handles in house.
The bumping and grinding at Lyons Township functions such as Homecoming is appalling, a parent told the District 204 board at Monday's meeting.
The babies are due this summer and fall. Look through the photo gallery of the expectant moms, including the most incredible ultrasound picture you'll ever see.
Western Springs police reports, May 12-19.
Cheryl Vargas started La Grange Food Not Lawns Gardening Group to bring together like-minded people—and hopes to feed herself through the winter with only food she grew herself.
A roundup of some of the more bizarre items in area police blotters this week.
Here's the story of Marlene Konkoly, who found creative ways to spend less and save more so she can retire at 50. This story is the first in our series about Extreme Savers.
Here's the story of Marlene Konkoly, who found creative ways to spend less and save more so she can retire at 50. This story is the first in our series about Extreme Savers.
The lawsuit, filed Tuesday, claims that Spiro Lempesis promised the player major league baseball connections in exchange for sex.
La Grange police reports, May 10-12.
Volunteers from La Grange, Western Springs and elsewhere were recognized Tuesday for giving back to the community.
La Grange Park police reports, May 10-13.
