Freepod

Freepod

A podcast bringing you the latest news from Freeport, Illinois.

Episodes

October 2, 2025 18 mins
  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 ...
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FREEPOD and TimBeck2 host Becky Connors visits with Jim Dole, director of the Doug Firebaugh Observatory talk about the observatory and how they’ll be celebrating International Observe the Moon Day.

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September 25, 2025 14 mins

1. 911 system upgrade complete

2. Freeport police department receives grant

3. Brewfest is this weekend!

4. New Pilates studio opens in downtown Freeport

5. Free safety seat check

6. A Slice of Time – and Pizza! – Just for You!

7. Autumn Leaf Run

8. Feed the birds this winter!

9. The week ahead…

  1. Rockford-Freeport Illinois Kennel Club Dog
  2. Cub Foods Brat Stand
  3. Farmers Markets
  4. Play Misty F...
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September 23, 2025 14 mins

FREEPOD and TimBeck2 host Tim Connors visits with Kurt Steffen, Cub Foods store manager about how it takes a village to make a supermarket great.

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September 18, 2025 13 mins
  1. Sculpture Walk opens in downtown Freeport
  2. Demolitions scheduled
  3. Bridge construction on Route 73
  4. Presentation on immigration law
  5. Brewfest is next weekend!
  6. Fall exhibit at The Highland Gallery
  7. Highland Lifelong Learning program
  8. YMCA Blood Drive
  9. Family Enrichment Program family playgroup event
  10. Big O's On The Hollow on America's Best Restaurants
  11. Strategic planning underway at FSD 145
  12. Lena Memorial receives final touches
  13. Choose your apple!
  14. The w...
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September 16, 2025 13 mins

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

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September 11, 2025 21 mins
  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 K...
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September 9, 2025 16 mins

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.

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September 4, 2025 15 mins
  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 Gard...
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September 2, 2025 21 mins

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.

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August 28, 2025 12 mins
  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
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August 26, 2025 18 mins

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.

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August 21, 2025 15 mins
  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
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August 19, 2025 15 mins

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.

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August 14, 2025 16 mins

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 s...
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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.

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August 7, 2025 23 mins
  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
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August 5, 2025 15 mins

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

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July 31, 2025 17 mins
  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
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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.

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