1. City street work update
2. Federal funding for Pecatonica River floodway
3. Donations for 333rd MPC
4. Farmers Market continues through the winter
5. YMCA Turkey Trot
6. YMCA grade school basketball league
7. Author Fest
8. Salvation Army Kettle Fundraiser
9. Local donors support HCC and Girl Scouts
10. New FREEPOD editorial support member
11. Castor Home Nursing opens
12. Wishful Acres Debuts Holiday Ale
13. Freeport Middle School opens Fitness Court
14. You Are the Help Until Help Arrives
15. The week ahead
    1. Big Band concert
    2. Beginning Birder Club
    3. VOICES Book Nook Half Price Sale continues
    4. League of Women Voters presentation on women’s votes
    5. FREEPOD Fundraising drive to begin

FREEPOD host Alan Wenzel speaks with Jim Yeager, Director of the Mass Communication Department at Highland Community College, about disinformation and misinformation.

1. Thanks for voting!
2. City news
   1. Electronic ticketing system
   2. Hydrant flushing
   3. Pothole repairs
   4. 1% sales tax for roads
   5. New fire engine
   6. “Bishop James Arthur Wade Way.”
3. LWV women voting
4. Stephenson County Board news
   1. German Valley intergovernmental agreement
   2. Greater Freeport Partnership report
   3. Walnut Acres HVAC update
   4. 0% increase tax levies for 2025
5. Beef-a-Roo
6. Book Nook half-price sale
7. HCC planning for 2025
8. U of I Extension Youth Leadership Conference
9. November gardens
10. The week ahead
    1. Fever River Model Railroad open house
    2. Jewelry, Gem, Fossil, and Mineral Show
    3. FHN Festival of Trees Gala
    4. PAWS for Reading
    5. We love you, Pretzels!
    6. Happy Veterans Day

FREEPOD host Alan Wenzel interviews folks from Kent Land Farms about this year’s agricultural harvest.

1. Remember: Your vote COUNTS!

2. Water extension still under consideration

3. More City news

1. Hydrant flushing
2. Street work on West Avenue

4. Mean Girls comes to Freeport High School

5. News from Highland Community College

1. New staff
2. City-wide bike-and-hike trail

6. Celebrating Native Americans

7. Career Fair next Thursday

8. Identity theft presentation

9. Trees for Freeport

10. Freeport: One of the 9 Most Comfortable Illinois Towns for Seniors

11. Prenatal classes for Spanish-speaking families

12. Day of the Dead in Freeport

13. The week ahead

1. Lots of reminders
2. Halloween treat from FREEPOD: spooky movie list

Special Community Spirits Halloween double feature! FREEPOD and TimBeck2 host Tim Connors speaks with Freeport High School Technical Director Bob Winter and Stockton resident Amy Larson about haunts in the Freeport area, as well as some incidents of his own. Followed by a bonus interview with Al Kelchner from Shannon who’s been featured in an episode of the Living Dead Paranormal on YouTube.

1. Ballot questions need your vote
2. Vote eligibility for those with criminal records
3. Drug Take Back Day
4. Highland Community College Fall Concert
5. Jersey Mike’s headed to Freeport
6. New Executive Director named for Freeport Park District
7. East side cleanup day
8. Last days for area Farmers Markets
9. Accessible Birding Event
10. FHN Festival of Trees Gala
11. Grant for Highland
12. Leaf pickup
13. Halloween event at the Stephenson County Historical Museum (with audio interview clip)
14. Bike Tour de Halloween
15. The week ahead
    1. Halloween event reminders
    2. Northern Lights photos from Freeport area

FREEPOD and TimBeck2 host Becky Connors speaks with Joe and Jennifer Kanosky about the Save the Tabernacle effort

1. City news
   • Housing rehabilitation grant
   • Viaduct improvements
   • Award of Valor presented
2. Street work update
3. Early voting going well
4. Cubs Field burglarized
5. Flu shots
6. Medicare open enrollment informative event
7. Community concerts, with audio clip
8. Inaugural City Photo Contest winner
9. Sorensen Accepting Applications for Military Academy Nominations
10. Run Stephenson County Race
11. Beginning Birder Club
12. Amity Haunted House
13. Halloween 2024 activities
14. The week ahead
    • Leaf pickup
    • Pickleball tournament
    • History tidbit

FREEPOD and TimBeck2 host Tim Connors talks with FHS Head Football Coach Anthony Dedmond and Assistant Football Coach Marty Sellers.