Susan DeGrane

Susan DeGrane is a freelance writer for the Daily Southtown.

April 16, 2025 at 2:48 p.m.

Students in the nursing program at Moraine Valley Community College formed a new chapter of the National Student Nurses’ Association.

April 4, 2025 at 2:57 p.m.

A Ladies Auxiliary Women’s History Museum is planned near the National A. Philip Randolph Pullman Porter Museum in Pullman.

March 12, 2025 at 2:50 p.m.

About 70 volunteers kicked off an effort last weekend to restore and preserve Gensburg-Markham Prairie in Markham.

February 19, 2025 at 12:00 p.m.

First Reformed Church of South Holland, an Underground Railroad site, will host the Midwest Underground Railroad Network event.

February 8, 2025 at 12:28 p.m.

The Southeast Sportsmen's Club in Hegewisch moved its ice fishing tournament to January, attracting some 140 people to Wolf Lake.

December 29, 2024 at 5:07 a.m.

An expanded area at William W. Powers State Recreation Area on Chicago’s Southeast Side offers hunters a shot at deer close to home.

November 15, 2024 at 1:35 p.m.

Nature fans are seeing an increase in waterfowl and native plants at Powderhorn Prairie and Marsh a year after restoration work there.

October 30, 2024 at 1:57 p.m.

Personable pythons, costumed cops and plenty of candy combined to draw a large crowd for the annual event in Blue Island.

October 29, 2024 at 3:52 p.m.

At Calumet area forest preserves, seed-saving efforts ensuring native plants repopulate plots cleared of invasive species.

October 11, 2024 at 4:23 p.m.

Parishes included St. Gianna, St. John Fisher, Christ the King, St. Barnabas, St. Christina and Our Lady at St. Germaine.

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