FREEPOD host Alan Wenzel chats with Jessica Modica, Executive Director of the Freeport Art Museum about the Sculpture Walk being installed in downtown Freeport.

1. Downtown Freeport Pocket Park doubles its size with support from Marianne Garvens
2. Funding restored for Highland Community College programs
3. Sculpture Walk in downtown Freeport
4. Northwest Illinois Airshow canceled
5. FHN gives back through sports physical clinics
6. Freeport School District 145 4th Annual Community Resource and Wellness Fair
7. National Hispanic Heritage Month celebration
8. Protein, Physical Activity, and Aging: What You Need to Know
9. Sourdough class
10. Friends Forever annual car show
11. Tai Chi in the Park
12. Agriculture helps to start the school year off right
13. The week ahead…
    1. Leonard C. Ferguson Cancer Center at FHN Memorial Hospital open house
    2. Cub Foods Brat Stand
    3. Farmers Markets
    4. Student Garden Food Stand
    5. Autosmart Cruise-in
    6. Brewfest

FREEPOD host Alan Wenzel chats with Risa Tyler, Director of the FHN Leonard C. Ferguson Cancer Center about its 30th anniversary providing cancer care for the Freeport area.

1. City updates
   1. Hancock Viaduct closed
   2. Updated trash and recycling processes
   3. Lots of tires recycled!
2. Lena Fall Festival
3. Downtown Unlocked event
4. Freeport High School and Middle School team receives award
5. Updates from Highland Community College
   1. Remodeling
   2. Student nursing mobile van physicals
6. Cast Iron Chef at the Apple River Fort
7. Time for mums from VOICES
8. Library boasts record participation in summer reading program
9. Master Gardeners available to answer your home gardening questions
10. The week ahead…
    1. Freeport Art Museum bed-turning event
    2. First Pretzel football game of the season
    3. Cub Foods Brat Stand
    4. Farmers Markets
    5. Jane Addams Birthday Tea
    6. Brewfest

FREEPOD and TimBeck2 host Tim Connors visits with Dr. Anna Alvarado, Superintendent of Schools for Freeport School District 145, about the recent changes in locations for lower grades.

1. Rent increases for privately owned properties in Freeport
2. Road work update
3. Stephenson Nursing Center news
4. School dates to remember
5. Quilting program at Freeport Art Museum
6. FHN healthcare scholarships
7. Northwest Illinois Bird and Nature Alliance programming season begins
8. The week ahead…
   1. City of Freeport 2025 photo contest
   2. Cub Foods Brat Stand
   3. Steel Magnolias Classic Movie
   4. Brewfest coming soon

FREEPOD and TimBeck2 host Tim Connors interviews Area Music Director Bill Peterson about creating music for the community and all the wonderful friends that join in the effort.

1. City news
   1. Road work
   2. Water tower re-painting
   3. Tire recycling event
2. Eats and Beats this weekend
3. Local business re-opens after fire
4. Sculpture Walk begins to take shape
5. Car Show at Lincoln Mall
6. YMCA receives grant for CPR training equipment
7. Salvation Army needs
8. Farmers Market collecting for Salvation Army
9. The week ahead…
   1. Paint the Port
   2. Music on Debate Square
   3. Cub Foods Brat Stand
   4. Farm Bureau freezer meals

FREEPOD and TimBeck2 host Tim Connors interviews Tim Cook, Executive Director of Malcolm Eaton Enterprises and Malcolm Eaton’s Community Liaison Brian Babcock about the Eats and Beats event next Saturday community non-profits.

1. City road work

2. Tire recycling event

3. Streaming service now available through the Freeport Public Library

4. Krape Park Art Walk

5. Paint the Port

6. Public school registration reminders

7. FHN recognized for cardiac arrest survival rate

8. Highland’s Volunteer Literacy Program

9. The week ahead…

1. Half-price book sale at the VOICES Book Nook
2. Music at Debate Square
3. Cub Food brat stand
4. Farmers Markets