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Artist Barbara Buck will have her studio open 4-7 p.m. each Thursday, Friday, and Saturday in December.

Fin Fur Feather Pet Shop opened for business in downtown Freeport, Illinois, on Nov. 19.

Voegeli was diagnosed with breast cancer in November 2020. She said she battled the disease with hope, even after she had a double mastectomy.

The United Way of Northwest Illinois started the Small Town Heroes campaign in 2016 as a way to acknowledge the unsung heroes in northwest Illinois.

During the kickoff, officials from the Salvation Army, city and state leaders spoke about the need to help the community.

People can contribute to the red kettle campaign online or by visiting safreeport.org. They can register to be a bell ringer at registertoring.com.

The Freeport Art Museum recently announced plans for a future site in the citys downtown. Its been searching for a new home for the past decade.

Sometimes you just need a nice conversation with a stranger to pull you out of a funk.

Jane Lethlean Special to The Journal-Standard FREEPORT — Tonya Blumingburg proudly wore a T-shirt that reads “just a girl with goals” as she stood next to her van that is now a taxi service called Tonick’s Taxi. Blumingburg, who launched the service at the start of the month, spent 16 years as a taxi driver in the city before going into business for herself. “I decided to cut out the middle man and become my own boss," she said. Tonick’s Taxi is named after Blumingburg and her w...

Music at Debate Square kicks off summer series Jane Lethlean Special to the Journal-Standard FREEPORT — After spending the last 16 months not playing in front of a live audience, Bill Petersen directed the Highland Big Band in front of a park filled with people Thursday night in downtown Freeport. More than 120 people gathered for the first in a series of music events for Music at Debate Square. Some sat in lawn chairs. Some ate ice cream from nearby Union Dairy. “We got the band toget...