FREEPOD and TimBeck2 host Tim Connors visits with Elisha Walker, Executive Director of Northwestern Illinois Community Action Agency about how they help families find and access federal support in a wide variety of areas.

1. SmartPass
2. New Math Curriculum
3. ACT
4. AVID
5. Culture and Student Support Office
6. Showtime
7. Girls Winning Basketball Season
8. Wrestling Regional Champion
9. Mya Ortiz Speech Star
10. Baseball 20-win Season
11. Student Athletics App
12. Reminders
    1. Senior Resource Center in Freeport is providing free tax preparation
13. Cubs Brat Stand Opens

FREEPOD and TimBeck2 host Tim Connors visits with native Freeporter Landon Koester about his job in the Equipment Department of the Green Bay Packers.

1. New credit union to open in Freeport
2. Measles update
3. Senior Resource Center visits Stockton and Galena
4. Senior Center Update on possible budget cuts
5. New management for Hampton Inn
6. Underground Railroad Exhibit continues at Library, including special presentations
7. Stephenson County Farm Bureau sales
   1. Freezer Meal fundraiser
   2. Bags of pollinator seed
8. Upper Mississippi Watershed movie at Library
9. Summerset Theatre auditions for CINDERELLA
10. Freeport Park District facility and shelter rate update
11. Congratulations Pecatonica basketball teams
12. Where was all the snow?
13. The week ahead…
    1. One Book One Freeport: Ray Bradbury: Waukegan’s Influence on a Visionary
    2. A Moving Sound at Freeport Art Museum
    3. New Grasshoppers Bar & Grill
    4. CSAs from Freeport High School Student Gardens
    5. Freeport High School class produces next week’s FREEPOD

FREEPOD host Alan Wenzel chats with Tricia Mickley, CEO of the Frontier-Mt. Carroll Mutual Insurance Company about the cost of insurance premiums.

1. Upgraded street lights coming to high-crime areas

2. Stephenson County part of safe rural roads project

3. Highland Community College news

4. Two FHN Nurses Receive Ferguson Nursing Scholarships

5. New Cafe and Collective to Open in Library

6. Library enhancements

7. Water Polo at the Y

8. Tickets to Foundation for Northwest Illinois fundraiser

9. Senior Resource Center programs

10. Morrow Plots at University of Illinois

11. Final One Book One Freeport presentation

12. Freeport Student Garden CSAs available

13. World Fest Concert at Freeport Art Museum

14. The week ahead…

1. 20th annual Moonlight Serenade
2. Citizens Utility Board workshop
3. Illinois’ Underground Railroad exhibit at Library
4. Upcoming Mayoral Candidate Forum
5. Early voting

FREEPOD and TimBeck2 host Tim Connors visits with John Voelz about easy ways for elderly or physically challenged folks to stay in shape.

1. Greater Freeport Partnership honors achievements at annual dinner
2. Freeport acquires new snow season equipment
3. Trash and bulk item collection
4. One Book One Freeport Eat the Neighborhood presentation
5. Black History Month at Freeport High School
6. Journey to Freedom: Illinois’ Underground Railroad exhibit at Library
7. Reminder: Find out how to save on utility bills
8. State speech finalists
9. Certified Food Protection Manager seminar
10. The week ahead…
    1. Tax prep assistance at Senior Resource Center
    2. Early voting
    3. Best Picture films and Erin Brockovich in Classic Film Series at the Lindo

FREEPOD host Alan Wenzel chats with Zoey Huspen of the CUB Citizens Utility Board about upcoming Freeport workshop offering ways to save on utility bills.

1. Arctic Ale and Art Walk
2. Early voting for Spring elections
3. Jo-Ann store closure
4. City street lighting upgrades
5. City employee recognition)
6. State recognition for Freeport High School teacher
7. Highland Community College staff recognition
8. Berin Jackson named Park Superintendent
9. Safe Sitter class at FHN
10. Artist Talk with Judith Meyer
11. One Night With the King
12. Lindo Theatre to present Oscar-nominated films
13. The week ahead…
    1. Two upcoming Library presentations
    2. Women’s event at Winneshiek Players Theatre
    3. Season’s last Saturday for Winter Farmers Market
    4. One more day to register for Mom & Me Masquerade Ball