Freepod

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.

1. Freeport’s Electrical Aggregation Program

2. New Community & Economic Development Director for Freeport

3. Highland Community College approves planning for Sports Complex expansion

4. Stephenson County searches for a new coroner

5. Nicor under pressure to reduce rate increase

6. Area business closes

7. Dry harvest season

8. Freeport Public Library Executive Director resigns

9. Cabinet Making: Abraham Lincoln’s Political Arithmetic

10. League of Women Voters presentation on behavioral healthcare

11. The Power of Balance women’s retreat

12. 2nd Annual Native American Harvest Dinner

13. Northwest Illinois Bird and Nature Alliance and RAMP Accessible Birding Event

14. National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

15. Trick or Treat

1. Bootiful Saturday
2. Boo Bash
3. Trick-or-Treat Trail
4. Train of Terror
5. Spirits of Yesterday
6. Halloween bowling outing
7. Halloween yard displays
8. Not-So-Spooky Halloween Stories
9. The Nightmare Before Christmas
10. Neighborhood trick-or-treating

16. The week ahead…

1. VOICES’ Domestic Violence Awareness Pickleball Tournament and Dart Tournament
2. Cub Foods Brat Stand
3. Farmers Markets
4. Thank you for summer flowers!

FREEPOD host Alan Wenzel visits with Freeport Police Chief Chris Shenberger who will retire next Wednesday after 27 years of service.

1. City news

2. Utility price news

3. Text message scam

4. Senior Lifestyle Expo

5. Krape Park South Nature Trail Closed

6. Spirits of Yesteryear Returns for a Spooky Evening of Local History and Storytelling

7. Library Hosts Not-So-Spooky Story Time

8. Trick or Treat…and the Train of Terror

9. Community leadership honored by The Foundation for Northwest Illinois

10. VOICES observes Domestic Violence Awareness Month

11. FREEPOD host named President of Illinois Communication and Theatre Association

12. The week ahead…

1. Run Stephenson County 5K, 10K, and Half
2. Cub Foods Brat
3. Farmers Markets

FREEPOD host Alan Wenzel visits with Hester Bury, Development Officer and Yvette Sellers, Agency Relations Area Manager for the Northern Illinois Food Bank, which provides food items for over 8,000 people a month and nearly 900,000 people a year.