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1. City news
   1. Leaf pickup will continue
2. Freeport business awarded grants
3. Lena-Winslow football team wins 1A state championship
4. Lena Christmas Parade and Celebration
5. New fundraising initiative for United Way
6. This "nasty, hard-to-kill virus" is early this year
7. School funding from the State
8. Music sounds strong at FSD 145
9. FHN collects letters to Santa
10. Support children who’ve lost parents to gun violence
11. Salvation Army needs your help
12. Rock...

1. City news
   1. South Street improvements
   2. Safety Action Plan
   3. Snow removal reminders
2. Pretzel City Transit Changes
3. Trans-Siberian Christmas concert
4. Highland Distinguished Alumni
5. South Street CVS closes
6. Giving Tuesday
7. Store your driver’s license on your phone
8. Winneshiek Playhouse presents The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
9. Freeport High School grad on Baltimore Ravens
10. FHN receives recognition
11. Farm Bureau bus trip to Chicago
12. Consumer energy cost...

1. Capital Plan, EV chargers, and more from the City
2. 2026 Election season begins with candidate filings
3. Mistletoe Walk this Saturday
4. FHN receives highest care grade
5. FSD 145 launches Rising Pretzels Academy
6. Library receives State funding
7. Protein to the People!
8. Stephenson County Historical Society craft fair
9. Greater Freeport Partnership receives accolades
10. New way to get local produce and other goods…delivered!
11. New exhibition at Freeport Art M...

1. City tax levies determined for 2025
2. Leaf collection, winter parking
3. New energy legislation for Illinois
4. Township supports local food pantries
5. This is It closes
6. Frozen at Freeport High School
7. Family Engagement Conference
8. New York Times food columnist in televised Library presentation
9. Apple pruning workshop
10. Another successful season for the Cub Foods brat stand
11. Community Holiday Tree Lighting
12. Celebrate the Holidays at Cannova’s
13. Holiday perfo...

1. City news

1. New Operations Superintendent position
2. Short term rentals update
3. Reminder: electrical aggregation program
4. Leaf collection program

2. New well for City water

3. SNAP benefits run out for Stephenson County

4. Breadmaking class

5. Free jazz concert this Sunday hosted by the Freeport Community Concert Association

6. New exhibition at Freeport Art Museum

7. Stephenson County Farmers Market continues over winter

8. Library set...

1. Federal courts in Northern Illinois impacted in government shutdown
2. Interim Freeport Police Chief sworn in
3. Freeport implementing Housing Rehabilitation Grant
4. Streets approved for 2026 improvements
5. Jury cards are in the mail
6. HCC news
7. New Assistant Coach for the Cougars
8. FHN Holiday Gala
9. The Foundation for Northwest Illinois provides warning
10. Filing period for 2026 primary election
11. Farm Bureau Fall open house announced, local vendors invite...

1. Freeport’s Electrical Aggregation Program

2. New Community & Economic Development Director for Freeport

3. Highland Community College approves planning for Sports Complex expansion

4. Stephenson County searches for a new coroner

5. Nicor under pressure to reduce rate increase

6. Area business closes

7. Dry harvest season

8. Freeport Public Library Executive Director resigns

9. Ca...

1. City news

2. Utility price news

3. Text message scam

4. Senior Lifestyle Expo

5. Krape Park South Nature Trail Closed

6. Spirits of Yesteryear Returns for a Spooky Evening of Local History and Storytelling

7. Library Hosts Not-So-Spooky Story Time

8. Trick or Treat…and the Train of Terror

9. Community leadership honored by The Foundation for Northwest Illinois

10. VOICES observes Do...

1. Citadel and Saint Joseph Village
2. Wine and Witches
3. Judge Hauser retires
4. Stephenson County Sheriff Steve Stovall seeks re-election
5. Free paper-shredding event
6. The shelves are bare at the Salvation Army
7. Tech tips classes for seniors
8. Hope Wins family event
9. YMCA Run Stephenson County
10. Safe Sitter Essentials class at FHN
11. Pumpkin decorating at Freeport Public Library
12. The week ahead…
    1. Amity’s Attic ready for Fall and Winter
    2. Cub Foods Brat Stand
    3. Far...

1. FHN announces plans to merge with MercyHealth
2. City leaf collection program
3. Highland Community College President announces retirement
4. Oakdale Fall Festival!
5. 100 Women Who Care reach $500,000 milestone
6. Understand your property taxes
7. Walk to Remember
8. Salvation Army needs your help!
9. U of I Extension hosts invasive species program
10. Wee Nats returns for young nature explorers
11. Flu shot clinics begin
12. Local resident inducted into Illinois 4-H Hall ...