Faith
Strong spirits: fretting or delight
What are you fretting about these days? Great advice: don’t fret.
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Rockton-Roscoe News: Saturday, Nov. 22, 2025
Budget hearing, today's events
Golden Apple
Blackhawk Elementary’s Kathy Harms in South Beloit earns Golden Apple nomination in first year back in the classroom
"I want all my students to feel as though they can accomplish anything," says Harms, back in the classroom after 14 years of raising her children
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Rockton-Roscoe News: Friday, Nov. 21, 2025
Santa’s Attic, weekend events
Roscoe, IL
Village of Roscoe creates Tobacco Retailer License - but will issue only two Class B licenses
But Class A licenses, for businesses who mostly sell other products, would be more common.
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Rockton-Roscoe News: Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025
Turning Point, fair weather, many books
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Rockton-Roscoe News: Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2025
Roscoe Township, Lincoln and Liberty at Macktown
Macktown Living History
Lincoln and Liberty - honoring Lincoln, democracy, and the hands that made a nation whole
"So when people talk about recreating battles, that's not the most important thing. The most important thing is to have lived it."
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Rockton-Roscoe News: Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025
Fire on Hononegah Road, tonight's meetings, death notices
Fire Department
No-cost safety alarm systems for the Roscoe area with the help of Harlem-Roscoe Fire District
Free fire-alarms and carbon monoxide alarms
Deaths
Death notices for the far Stateline: Nov. 17, 2025
We remember those who are no longer with us in Rockton, Roscoe, and South Beloit.
House Fire Roscoe Township
Fire destroys home on Hononegah Road; no injuries reported; two pets however are believed to have perished
Firefighters arrived on the scene to a house full of smoke and flames.
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Rockton-Roscoe News: Monday, Nov. 17, 2025
Village meetings, engagement
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Rockton-Roscoe News: Sunday, Nov. 16, 2025
Quiet Santa, lamenting
Faith
Strong spirits: lament
Whatever it is, don't stuff it. Bring it out, and make it a prayer.
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Rockton-Roscoe News: Saturday, Nov. 15, 2025
Whodunnit, pack the bus, more time for coffee
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Rockton-Roscoe News: Friday, Nov. 14, 2025
New local author, school board agenda
