1. FREEPOD partners with WNIJ
2. Lena Fall Festival
3. Football season starts for Freeport Pretzels
4. Library grants
5. New business locations
6. Stephenson County featured in regional publication
7. FHN nationally recognized for high-quality cardiovascular care
8. Midwest region gas prices fall
9. Unemployment claims decrease
10. DeHaven Quest appointed to Governor’s Commission
11. COVID vaccines are here
12. West Nile Virus
13. Popular Stephenson County Farm Bureau fundraiser ends
14. PAWS for Reading
15. Movie in the Park
16. The week ahead…
    1. Hard Rock Casino opens in Rockford
    2. Northwest Illinois Air Show
    3. Pretzel City Brewfest

FREEPOD and TimBeck2 host Tim Connors speaks with Lou Ann Hayes of Birth to Five Illinois in Freeport, a statewide organization providing equitable access to inclusive, high-quality Early Childhood services for all children and families in Illinois.

1. Freeport receives Safer Streets grant
2. Rebuilding Together completes another project
3. When your pet is lost
4. City to require permits for all driveway projects
5. Two police officers go above and beyond
6. School district news
7. Park District news
8. Greater Freeport Partnership awarded Matthew Marvin Community Impact Award
9. News from Winneshiek Theatre…
10. And more Winneshiek Theatre news
11. What’s up with the crabapple trees?
12. Antique Engine Club open on Labor Day
13. Until next week…
    1. Public input for the City’s 2025 budget, Tuesday 3 September
    2. All the President’s Men at the Lindo, Wednesday 4 September
    3. History trivia: first train to Freeport

FREEPOD host Alan Wenzel speaks with retired Freeport residents Tim and Charity Heiden about the rewards and challenges of beekeeping.

1. More grants for Freeport water system
2. Street work update
3. Early Childhood Education
4. Slapped Cheek virus
5. What’s up with the crabapple trees?
6. New Freeport police officers sworn in
7. Colby Smith 4-mile classic
8. Freeport Area International Visitors Council (FAIVC) hosts guests from Peru
9. United Way posts increase in giving over last year
10. Pretzel City Authors’ Fest
11. YMCA Youth Sports Calendar published
12. City Council meeting for input to 2025 budget
13. City photo contest
14. The week ahead…
    1. Paint the Port
    2. Eats & Beats
    3. History trivia: River School

FREEPOD and TimBeck2 host Tim Connors chats with Tim Cook and Brian Babcock about the Eats & Beats event on 23 and 24 August that supports area non-profits.

1. Meet International Visitors at the Library

2. Krape Park Art Walk

3. School is in session

4. Drive-through backpack distribution

5. Freeport Police to provide School Resource Officer

6. Code Red alert service free from City of Freeport

7. Paint the Port

8. Eats & Beats

9. Freeport High School Student Garden leads community composting effort

10. The week ahead….

• Saturday Morning Bike Shop
• Special yoga event at Krape Park, Monday 19 August
• School trivia

FREEPOD host Alan Wenzel speaks with Wayne Duckmann, Director of Community and Economic Development for the City of Freeport about the City's approach to dealing with abandoned buildings and blighted properties.

1. Cruise Night!
2. School starts 21 August
3. City news
   1. Road work
   2. Code Red emergency notification available
   3. Photo contest
4. More explanation on yard waste removal
   1. Recap of Com-Ed tree trimming
5. PAWS for Reading at the Library
6. HCC news
   1. Capital expenditures
   2. Revenue summary
   3. Westwind Apartments
7. Krape Park Art Walk
8. Tomato season is here!
9. Early Childhood Education
10. Saturday morning bike rides
11. August in the garden
12. Foundation for Northwest Illinois Gala
13. The week ahead…
    1. Last performance for Music on Debate Square
    2. VOICES Book Sale continues
    3. Paint the Port and Eats & Beats return

FREEPOD and TimBeck2 Host Tim Connors interviews Magen Busker about showing cattle at the Stephenson County Fair.