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Rockton-Roscoe News: Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2025
Gymnastics, dance, and tumbling
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Gymnastics, dance, and tumbling
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Kids Spot of Roscoe is expanding to Pecatonica.
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Death notices, Christmas cookie trays, pizza & chicken
Deaths
We remember those who are no longer with us in Rockton, Roscoe, and South Beloit.
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Hotdogs in hot water, festivities
Wed Dec 3, 2025, 8:00 pm, Mustangs Bar & Grill, 482 Gardner St, South Beloit IL, 61080
Local author and Rockton Grade School art teacher April Graves has published the third title in her Meet the Hotdogs series.
Dinner starts Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025, 2 pm
Roscoe lights up, Rockton is lighting up, plus a Thanksgiving recipe
At precisely 5:15 p.m. Thanksgiving evening, a 20 year Roscoe holiday lights tradition will continue.
On Monday, Nov. 17, 2025 Roscoe Township Historical Society President Laura Zwart presented the Harlem-Roscoe Protection Department with the 2025 Heritage Award at the Cross House. Harlem-Roscoe Fire Chief John Bergeron accepted the award for the department. The RTHS launched the Heritage Enterprise Recognition program in 2021 where the RTHS
The event runs from Friday Dec. 5 through Sunday, Dec. 7, 2025.
Field trip into the past, turkey dinners
Mon Dec 1, 2025, 5:00 pm, South Beloit City Hall, 519 Blackhawk Boulevard, South Beloit IL, 61080
Mark Cunningham has been with the Roscoe manufacturer for 25 years, Keith Tillman for 15 years, and Doug Klitz for 10 years.
“Many of the kids didn’t know how old Rockton is. The RTHS does a really nice job with the artifacts."