1. City news
   1. South Street improvements
   2. Safety Action Plan
   3. Snow removal reminders
2. Pretzel City Transit Changes
3. Trans-Siberian Christmas concert
4. Highland Distinguished Alumni
5. South Street CVS closes
6. Giving Tuesday
7. Store your driver’s license on your phone
8. Winneshiek Playhouse presents The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
9. Freeport High School grad on Baltimore Ravens
10. FHN receives recognition
11. Farm Bureau bus trip to Chicago
12. Consumer energy costs slowed
13. Hope Wins selected by 100 Women Who Care
14. Victorian Christmas Tea
15. Should you warm up your car before driving?
16. The week ahead…
    1. Community Festival of Trees
    2. Classic Movie at Lindo Theatre
    3. THE MESSIAH at HCC
    4. Biggest pumpkin pie ever

FREEPOD and TimBeck2 host Becky Connors visits with Captain Lisa of the Salvation Army.

1. Capital Plan, EV chargers, and more from the City
2. 2026 Election season begins with candidate filings
3. Mistletoe Walk this Saturday
4. FHN receives highest care grade
5. FSD 145 launches Rising Pretzels Academy
6. Library receives State funding
7. Protein to the People!
8. Stephenson County Historical Society craft fair
9. Greater Freeport Partnership receives accolades
10. New way to get local produce and other goods…delivered!
11. New exhibition at Freeport Art Museum
12. Art Museum matching gift opportunity
13. Fallen leaves healthy for soil and wildlife
14. Pearl City resident places third in Illinois Farm Bureau event
15. Make your food pantry or drive easy to find!
16. The week ahead…
    1. Tech Time – Android phones
    2. Sensory Play Day at the Library
    3. FSD #145 grant for Learning in Spanish and Language Arts
    4. Tickets for THE MESSIAH and THE NUTCRACKER
    5. Soup Week at the Library
    6. Salvation Army Bell Ringers needed

FREEPOD and TimBeck2 host Tim Connors visits with Freeport’s Noah Eisenhower about professional car racing.

1. City tax levies determined for 2025
2. Leaf collection, winter parking
3. New energy legislation for Illinois
4. Township supports local food pantries
5. This is It closes
6. Frozen at Freeport High School
7. Family Engagement Conference
8. New York Times food columnist in televised Library presentation
9. Apple pruning workshop
10. Another successful season for the Cub Foods brat stand
11. Community Holiday Tree Lighting
12. Celebrate the Holidays at Cannova’s
13. Holiday performances: The Nutcracker and The Messiah
14. The week ahead…
    1. VOICES Fall Half Price Sale ends tomorrow
    2. Free flute and piano concert
    3. Library food drive
    4. Farmers Almanac news
    5. Salvation Army needs bell ringers

FREEPOD and TimBeck2 host Tim Connors visits with local restaurant owner Sam Cimino about the restaurant’s history and Sam’s life in Freeport.

1. City news

1. New Operations Superintendent position
2. Short term rentals update
3. Reminder: electrical aggregation program
4. Leaf collection program

2. New well for City water

3. SNAP benefits run out for Stephenson County

4. Breadmaking class

5. Free jazz concert this Sunday hosted by the Freeport Community Concert Association

6. New exhibition at Freeport Art Museum

7. Stephenson County Farmers Market continues over winter

8. Library sets food collection calendar

9. VOICES Book Nook Fall half-price sale

10. Stephenson County Sheriff’s Department Holiday Box Giveaway

11. Warren Elementary is a Blue Ribbon School

12. Highland Community College is a Top 200

13. Testing required for deer taken by hunters

14. “The Art of Zentangle” at the Senior Resource Center

15. The week ahead…

1. Farm Bureau Fall open house
2. Train of Terror stats
3. November Super Moon
4. Veterans Day

FREEPOD host Alan Wenzel visits with FHN President and CEO Mark Gridley about FHN’s upcoming affiliation with Mercyhealth.

1. Federal courts in Northern Illinois impacted in government shutdown
2. Interim Freeport Police Chief sworn in
3. Freeport implementing Housing Rehabilitation Grant
4. Streets approved for 2026 improvements
5. Jury cards are in the mail
6. HCC news
7. New Assistant Coach for the Cougars
8. FHN Holiday Gala
9. The Foundation for Northwest Illinois provides warning
10. Filing period for 2026 primary election
11. Farm Bureau Fall open house announced, local vendors invited
12. Halloween inflatables display
13. The week ahead…
    1. Quiet Souls Native American Harvest Dinner
    2. Cub Foods Brat Stand
    3. Monthly free bulk trash disposal
    4. 1957 “A Face In the Crowd” at Lindo Theatre
    5. Healthy Aging Series: Inflammation and Power of Social Connections
    6. Set your clocks back

FREEPOD and TimBeck2 host Tim Connors chats with well-known Freeport native and attorney Tim Mahoney about Freeport over the years and what makes it special.