News and updates for the Freeport community from the week of March 7, 2024.
- Freeport Community Public School Fund gives $75,000 to District 145 educators
- Freeport Police Department Officers recognized
- Highlights from Highland Board meeting
- New VP sought at Highland
- Aquin and Orangeville girls basketball co-op
- Illinois State Treasurer Michael Frerichs visits United Way
- Foundation of NWIL announces scholarship and funding
- Upcoming Freeport School District 145 events
- Freeport’s celebrity stylist Kristen Shaw
- Spencer Tracy Academy Awards
- Looking ahead…more sports and theatre ahead
- Northern waterfowl migration begins -- watch for White-fronted Geese and Tundra Swans!
EXTRA: Podcast Deep Dive
After our weekly podcast stories, stay tuned for 5 Questions in 5 Minutes where we ask Robin Rosenstiel and Wanona Wellspring Ceisel, two candidates in a contested Stephenson County Board race, the same questions so you can compare their responses apples-to-apples in just five minutes. Here are the questions:
- What skills would you bring to this office that would make you an effective Stephenson County Board member?
- If elected, what is the most important issue you would want the Board to address?
- Why is this issue important to County residents?
- What steps would you recommend the County Board take to resolve that issue?
- What is one thing that voters may not know about you that you'd like them to know?
