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 invited
12. Halloween inflatables display
13. The week ahead…
    1. Quiet Souls Native American Harvest Dinner
    2. Cub Foods Brat Stand
    3. Monthly free bulk trash disposal
    4. 1957 “A Face In the Crowd” at Lindo Theatre
    5. Healthy Aging Series: Inflammation and Power of Social Connections
    6. Set your clocks back

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. Cabinet Making: Abraham Lincoln’s Political Arithmetic

10. League of Women Voters presentation on behavioral healthcare

11. The Power of Balance women’s retreat

12. 2nd Annual Native American Harvest Dinner

13. Northwest Illinois Bird and Nature Alliance and RAMP Accessible Birding Event

14. National Prescription Drug Take Back Day

15. Trick or Treat

1. Bootiful Saturday
2. Boo Bash
3. Trick-or-Treat Trail
4. Train of Terror
5. Spirits of Yesterday
6. Halloween bowling outing
7. Halloween yard displays
8. Not-So-Spooky Halloween Stories
9. The Nightmare Before Christmas
10. Neighborhood trick-or-treating

16. The week ahead…

1. VOICES’ Domestic Violence Awareness Pickleball Tournament and Dart Tournament
2. Cub Foods Brat Stand
3. Farmers Markets
4. Thank you for summer flowers!

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 Domestic Violence Awareness Month

11. FREEPOD host named President of Illinois Communication and Theatre Association

12. The week ahead…

1. Run Stephenson County 5K, 10K, and Half
2. Cub Foods Brat
3. Farmers Markets