Freepod

Freepod

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

Episodes

July 10, 2025 20 mins
  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
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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.

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July 3, 2025 10 mins
  1. Street closures update
  2. Electronic recycling event
  3. Fourth of July Traffic Safety Campaign
  4. New athletic director at Highland
  5. Highland names Head Coach of Cougar men’s basketball
  6. VOICES earns national grant to revamp pet program
  7. FHN offers Safe Sitter class
  8. Culver’s drive-thru open again
  9. Tutty will be here soon!
  10. Fireworks!
  11. Music on Chicago
  12. The week ahead…
    1. The Great Escape at the Lindo
    2. Cub Foods brat stand
    3. Patriotic Concert
    4. Dairy Month
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July 1, 2025 21 mins

FREEPOD host Matt Mullen talks with Freeport Mayor Jodi Miller at about Tutty Baker Fest coming up July 11-13.

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June 26, 2025 12 mins

1. Road work updates

2. Mosquito Abatement

3. Cooling Centers

4. Greater Freeport Partnership receives grant

5. Music on Chicago

6. Music Under the Stars and Patriotic Concert

7. Music on Debate Square

8. Order your peaches

9. Spaces still available for FAM Summer Art Camps

10. Freeport Senior Resource Center offers new classes

11. FHN $25 Sports Physicals support local schools

12. T...

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Guest host Shary Gibson visits with Aquin Principal Beth Heitkamp and Aquin student parent Blake Musser about the recent changes at Aquin.

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June 19, 2025 15 mins

1. Work begins on Carroll Avenue

2. Deer nuisance bill passed by Illinois General Assembly

3. Tour for Cancer

4. Stephenson County Historical Society Annual Ice Cream Social

5. Why are you still coughing?

6. Northwest Illinois Bird and Nature Alliance Stewardship Days

7. The week ahead…

  1. Highland Community College’s Summerset Theatre production of Cinderella
  2. Cub Foods Brat Stand
  3. Farmers’ Markets ...
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June 17, 2025 22 mins

Guest FREEPOD host Shary Gibson visits with professional dog trainer Jan Carlson about how to make sure your furry friends are comfortable and safe during hot weather as well as chatting about therapy dogs.

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June 12, 2025 17 mins

1. Video tour of the Freeport water system

2. Scam alerts on the rise

3. Notice from Freeport Police Department

4. Juneteenth Celebration

5. Elevated Voices Gala

6. Music Under the Stars season begins

7. Fair Oaks Farm Trip

8. The week ahead…

  1. Reminders: CINDERELLA, Pretzel City 5K
  2. Cub Foods Brat Stand
  3. Farmers Markets
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June 10, 2025 8 mins

FREEPOD and TimBeck2 host Becky Connors chats with Alex Jansen, tech director for theatre at Highland Community College about backstage at “Cinderella.”

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June 5, 2025 11 mins
  1. Well project proceeding, repaving season begins
  2. Stephenson County board news
  3. FHN Food Fight Against Cancer
  4. Pretzel Pickers on the job
  5. Mini-golf tournament at Krape Park
  6. Pretzel City 5K run
  7. New Pre-Columbian gold objects at Freeport Art Museum
  8. “Cinderella” at Summerset
  9. Book discussion at Generations Brewing Company
  10. The week ahead…
    1. Music on Chicago
    2. “Sherlock Holmes: The Baker Street Irregulars” at Winneshiek Playhouse.
    3. Summer Reading Pro...
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FREEPOD and TimBeck2 host Tim Connors interviews Freeport Concert Band Secretary Kelsey Rosenstein about the summer concert series at Krape Park.

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May 29, 2025 12 mins
  1. Hydrant flushing
  2. Music on Chicago
  3. Tour for Cancer
  4. Winneshiek Playhouse events
  5. Lena-Winslow student in National Spelling Bee
  6. Summer Reading program at the Freeport Public Library
  7. Summer Art Camps at the Freeport Art Museum
  8. CPR classes at YMCA
  9. Native American Celebration Day
  10. Jo Daviess County Senior Expo
  11. How old is the old oak?
  12. The week ahead…
    1. Freeport Art Museum’s Friday social media series
    2. Cub Foods Brat Stand
    3. Farmers’ Markets
    4. Community B...
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May 27, 2025 7 mins

FREEPOD and TimBeck2 host Becky Connors speaks with Kim Sigafus about the Celebration of Native Americans coming up on Saturday, June 7.

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May 22, 2025 19 mins
  1. Route 20 news
  2. City public meetings
  3. Utility rate increase with audio from Citizens Utility Board
  4. Four cousins lead repeat to repeat NIC-10 boys tennis title
  5. Cop on a Rooftop
  6. Two Freeporters among region’s 25 Most Interesting People
  7. How old is the old oak?
  8. The week ahead…
    1. Memorial Day parade
    2. Senior Resource Center events
    3. Cub Foods brat stand
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May 20, 2025 35 mins

FREEPOD host Alan Wenzel talks with Mike Schindler of Classic Cinemas about the movie business.

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May 15, 2025 12 mins
  1. Highland Community College service awards
  2. Highland Commencement Keynote speaker
  3. New student registration at FSD145
  4. International Museum Day in the County
  5. Stephenson County Historical Society plant sale
  6. County Fair books available
  7. New member of YWCA La Voz Latina team
  8. Chainlink Cyclist rides
  9. Look at the stars!
    1. FREEPOD thanks 100 Women Who Care
    2. Cub Foods brat stand
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May 13, 2025 11 mins

FREEPOD host Alan Wenzel talks with Freeport Mayor Jodi Miller, City Manager Rob Boyer, and Chief of Police Chris Shenberger about their recent State of the City report.

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May 8, 2025 18 mins

1. PFAS in City water

2. Other City news

3. Small businesses recognized

4. Stephenson County Farmers Market opens

5. Annual World Migratory Day

6. Musical comedy at Freeport High School

7. League of Women Voters presentation

8. Winefest 2025

9. The week ahead…

  1. County Board Members conversation
  2. Community Clean-Up Day
  3. FFHS Plant and Garden sale
  4. Cub Foods Brat Stand
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May 6, 2025 20 mins

Tim Connors chatting with three winning Pretzel students – Paityn London, Mya Ortiz, and Tristan Peterson – about their successes both in the classroom and their extracurricular activities.

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