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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.

Ballot questions need your vote Vote eligibility for those with criminal records Drug Take Back Day Highland Community College Fall Concert Jersey Mike’s headed to Freeport New Executive Director named for Freeport Park District East side cleanup day Last days for area Farmers Markets Accessible Birding Event FHN Festival of Trees Gala Grant for Highland Leaf pickup Halloween event at the Stephens...

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

City news Housing rehabilitation grant Viaduct improvements Award of Valor presented Street work update Early voting going well Cubs Field burglarized Flu shots Medicare open enrollment informative event Community concerts, with audio clip Inaugural City Photo Contest winner Sorensen Accepting Applications for Military Academy Nominations Run Stephenson County Race Beginning Birder Club Amity Haun...

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

1. Sorensen delivers on clean drinking water infrastructure funding for Freeport 2. Local candidate positions on 2024 election topics 3. FREEPOD is on social media! 4. Street work update 5. Wine and Witches in downtown Freeport 6. Medicare changes for 2025 7. Stroke presentation 8. Freeport Homecoming Week 9. Adult Prom 10. The week ahead a. Early voting b. PAWS for reading

FREEPOD host Alan Wenzel visits with FHN CEO Mark Gridley about the region’s largest healthcare organization.

Carroll Avenue shooting FREEPOD 5 Questions in 5 Minutes for 2024 public office candidates Street work update Update on new Freeport Art Museum location StephenSun County – solar energy in our backyard Highland theatre production Shingles shots Winter Parking to Switch to Odd/Even System November 1 Fall garden tips VOICES programming during Domestic Violence Awareness Month Apple season info Oakda...

FREEPOD and TimBeck2 host Tim Connors speaks with Dr. Anna Alvarado, Superintendent of Schools Freeport School District 145 about plans and challenge for the 2024-2025 school year.

Early voting has begun City news Bike paths Street projects 333rd National Guard deployed LADAMA September 2024 World Fest Tour Recycling event this Saturday VOICES pickleball tournament Winneshiek goes Back to the 80s Houdini comes to the Freeport Public Library THRIVE Nonprofit Leadership Symposium Upstairs Downtown Workshop Oakdale Fall Festival and Autumn Leaf Run The week ahead… Free concert...

FREEPOD and TimBeck2 host Becky Connors talks with Juliet Moderow of the Northwest Illinois Audubon Society about migratory patterns of area birds.

1. League of Women Voters candidate forum 2. City news Enhanced radio communications to the southern Stephenson County Upgrades for the City’s fuel station 3. Update on Pretzel City Skills Enhancement Program 4. Northwest Illinois Airshow 5. Friends of the Pecatonica River host fundraiser 6. Passenger rail service from Rockford to Chicago 7. Small Town Heroes 8. Medicare open enrollment starting s...

FREEPOD host Alan Wenzel speaks with Stephenson County Clerk Jazmin Wingert about the upcoming election

Hosmer Apartment armed barricade incident Adams Avenue construction update The Public Works Department Freeport High School garden project receives grant Freeport High School sports Fiesta Hispania New exhibition at the Freeport Art Museum Public input provided for City budget FHN talks about sepsis Flu/COVID shots FFHS car show/sale The Wienermobile!

FREEPOD and TimBeck2 host Becky Connors interviews Dr. Rocio del Castillo, Assistant Superintendent of Bilingual Education for Freeport School District 145 about bilingual instruction throughout the District.

FREEPOD partners with WNIJ Lena Fall Festival Football season starts for Freeport Pretzels Library grants New business locations Stephenson County featured in regional publication FHN nationally recognized for high-quality cardiovascular care Midwest region gas prices fall Unemployment claims decrease DeHaven Quest appointed to Governor’s Commission COVID vaccines are here West Nile Virus Popular...

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.

Freeport receives Safer Streets grant Rebuilding Together completes another project When your pet is lost City to require permits for all driveway projects Two police officers go above and beyond School district news Park District news Greater Freeport Partnership awarded Matthew Marvin Community Impact Award News from Winneshiek Theatre… And more Winneshiek Theatre news What’s up with the crabapp...

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

More grants for Freeport water system Street work update Early Childhood Education Slapped Cheek virus What’s up with the crabapple trees? New Freeport police officers sworn in Colby Smith 4-mile classic Freeport Area International Visitors Council (FAIVC) hosts guests from Peru United Way posts increase in giving over last year Pretzel City Authors’ Fest YMCA Youth Sports Calendar published City...

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 Sp...

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.

Cruise Night! School starts 21 August City news Road work Code Red emergency notification available Photo contest More explanation on yard waste removal Recap of Com-Ed tree trimming PAWS for Reading at the Library HCC news Capital expenditures Revenue summary Westwind Apartments Krape Park Art Walk Tomato season is here! Early Childhood Education Saturday morning bike rides August in the garden F...

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