Freepod

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.

FREEPOD host Alan Wenzel speaks with Brian Caldwell of AutoSmart Classic Car Sales and Consignment at the former location of the Stephenson County Visitors Center on Route 20 just east of Freeport.

1. City utilities update
   1. Road work
   2. Burchard water tower repainting
2. Cruise Night returns
3. Lincoln Douglas 5K
4. VOICES half-price sale
5. Stephenson County Crime Stop presentation
6. Stuff the Bus at Walmart
7. City of Freeport 2025 photo contest
8. The week ahead…
   1. Music on Debate Square
   2. Music on the Patio
   3. Cub Foods brat stand
   4. Paws for Reading

FREEPOD and TimBeck2 visits with the folks at Drake Farm about their delicious sweet corn.

1. City roadwork update
2. Downtown demolition planned
3. Public school registration reminders
4. Stephenson County Health Department offering free back-to-school physicals
5. Lifelong Learning at HCC
6. A bloomin’ great visit
7. Music Under the Stars Pop Concert
8. Passport to the Past
9. Thank you for the flowers!
10. The week ahead…
    1. Music at Debate Square
    2. Music on Chicago
    3. Cub Foods Brat Stand
    4. National Night Out
    5. “The Wild Bunch” at the Lindo

FREEPOD and TimBeck2 host Tim Connors takes a walk down memory lane about the many breweries that have added a sense of community and camaraderie in Freeport’s history.

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.

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.