1. Walnut Acres news
2. City roadwork update
3. Stephenson County Fair
4. Stephenson County Health Department offering free back-to-school physicals
5. Second-grader conducts at Music Under the Stars
6. Mort’s Bar and Grill hosts dinner theatre
7. National Night Out
8. New kayak launch at Tutty’s Crossing
9. Dean’s List announced at Highland Community College
10. Become a Certified Food Protection Manager
11. Music on Chicago
12. UV Safety Month
13. News from our public radio partner WNJI in DeKalb
14. The week ahead…
    1. Cub Brat Stand
    2. Ways to cool off quickly

FREEPOD host Alan Wenzel interviews Highland Community College President Chris Kuberski and Freeport YMCA Chief Executive Officer Rich Haight about plans for the 2025-2026 school year.

1. City news
2. Street closures update
3. Electronic Recycling Event this Saturday
4. Shawn Boldt elected VP of Illinois Trustees Association
5. New towing law – generic photo of car being towed
6. Black bear sightings in Jo Daviess and Carroll counties
7. Pool-A-Palooza at Read Park this Saturday
8. Annual Butterfly Festival
9. Current exhibit at the Freeport Art Museum closing after Saturday
10. German Valley Days
11. Nice to see y’all!
12. The week ahead…
    1. Music on Debate Square
    2. Cub Foods Brat Stand
    3. Truckload peaches sale
    4. FHN Healthy Heart Hustle 5K
    5. Music Under the Stars Concert
    6. Main Street USA presentation at Library

FREEPOD host Alan Wenzel interviews Kate Boyer, Executive Manager for the Stephenson County Fair.

1. Street closures update
2. Stephenson County Fair
3. FHN Community Health Needs Assessment
4. Ticked off about ticks?
5. Disaster Preparedness event
6. Master Gardeners can answer home gardening questions
7. The week ahead…
   1. Music on Debate Square
   2. Music on the Patio
   3. Tutty Baker – including FREEPOD!
   4. Cub Foods Brat Stand
   5. FHN Healthy Heart Hustle 5K

FREEPOD and TimBeck2 host Tim Connors interviews Xavier Lassandro, a Freeport High School graduate currently in his senior year at West Virginia University. Lassandro is a master puppeteer who makes his own puppets and has worked with a number of professional puppet masters, including those involved in the creation of the Muppets.

1. Street closures update
2. Electronic recycling event
3. Fourth of July Traffic Safety Campaign
4. New athletic director at Highland
5. Highland names Head Coach of Cougar men’s basketball
6. VOICES earns national grant to revamp pet program
7. FHN offers Safe Sitter class
8. Culver’s drive-thru open again
9. Tutty will be here soon!
10. Fireworks!
11. Music on Chicago
12. The week ahead…
    1. The Great Escape at the Lindo
    2. Cub Foods brat stand
    3. Patriotic Concert
    4. Dairy Month

FREEPOD host Matt Mullen talks with Freeport Mayor Jodi Miller at about Tutty Baker Fest coming up July 11-13.

1. Road work updates

2. Mosquito Abatement

3. Cooling Centers

4. Greater Freeport Partnership receives grant

5. Music on Chicago

6. Music Under the Stars and Patriotic Concert

7. Music on Debate Square

8. Order your peaches

9. Spaces still available for FAM Summer Art Camps

10. Freeport Senior Resource Center offers new classes

11. FHN $25 Sports Physicals support local schools

12. Tree removal throughout Freeport parks

13. The week ahead…

1. CINDERELLA at HCC
2. Cub Foods Brat Stand
3. Farmers Markets

Guest host Shary Gibson visits with Aquin Principal Beth Heitkamp and Aquin student parent Blake Musser about the recent changes at Aquin.