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.

FREEPOD and TimBeck2 hosts Becky Connors and Tim Connors share a conversation about the new mini-golf course at Krape Park.

1. City road work update
2. County pay raises and new hires
3. Anti-Gun Violence March
4. Greater Freeport Partnership receives grant
5. Highland Community College news
   1. Athletic and Events Center on campus
6. Threshing Show this weekend
7. End of Summer Party at the Library
8. Police and Fire Departments community event
9. Freeport Cruise Night returns
10. 100 Women Who Care
11. Lincoln-Douglas 5K
12. Stephenson County Fair Wrap-up
    1. Conversations with Illinois State Comptroller Susana Mendoza…and Ben Franklin
13. Music on Chicago
14. The week ahead…
    1. Southpaw Stance at Music on Debate Square 1 August
    2. Freeport Choral Society performance at Krape, Sunday 4 August
    3. Last Wednesday Morning Movie at Lindo Theatre, Wednesday 7 August
    4. “Some Like It Hot” classic movie at Lindo Theatre, Wednesday 7 August

FREEPOD and TimBeck2 host Tim Connors speaks with Freeport High School’s Nick Namio about the growing popularity of pickleball.

1. City news
   1. Locust Avenue resurfacing
   2. Com-Ed tree/vegetation trimming
   3. Power outage storm summary
2. City-wide clean-up
3. Freeport Art Museum Mini Masterpieces 2024
4. MORT’S anniversary Saturday 27 July
5. Freeport Anti-Gun Violence Peace March
   1. FREEPOD and TimBeck2 host Tim Connors talks with Freeport resident William Brown about the Anti-Gun Violence Peace March Saturday, August 3rd.
6. VOICES book sale
7. Cruise Night is coming!
8. Freeport connections to the Olympics
9. The week ahead….
   1. Music Under the Stars concert in Krape Park Sunday 28 July
   2. Music at Debate Square Thursday 1 August
   3. MIGRATION animated feature as Wednesday Morning Movie at the Lindo Theatre Wednesday 31 July

FREEPOD host Alan Wenzel interviews Rocky and Eric Zuberbuhler about the challenges and rewards of restoring the old Black Dot building on South Chicago Street in Freeport which is now known as The Exchange.