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Rockton-Roscoe News: Friday, Mar. 21, 2025

In the newsletter: spring roads, office closing, our death notices

Michael McGinnis

Mar 21, 2025 — 4 min read

Our weekly death notice, published every Monday, is our most popular feature.

Your Friday edition of Rockton-Roscoe News from Roscoe, Rockton, and South Beloit. Let us know what you think.

Road postings for heavy trucks are lifted today. The Village of Roscoe says that because of the annual freeze/thaw cycles, the roadways soften up every spring, so heavy trucks are temporarily restricted on certain roadways. Seasonal weight postings became effective Monday, March 3, 2025. The period usually lasts 3 – 6 weeks depending on weather.
Our weekly death notice, published every Monday, is our most popular feature. We like writing about people, and I enjoy sharing memorable facts about their lives. To create the article, I subscribe to notifications from most of the area funeral homes, as well as a weekly report from the County Coroner. From there, I figure out who had connections to farthest northern Winnebago County. And then I try to find clear pictures, usually from the funeral home. It tells you something about a person when their favorite photo is a tiny picture of themselves holding a huge walleye. I use AI face enhancement to clean up the blurries on those distance shots.
RyComm Communications has closed its Rockton office on Hononegah Road. In a social media post, they said, "With the expansion of our clients across the nation, and the increased efficiency of remote work - we've made the decision to simplify." RyComm is owned by Ryan Rydell, who is the president of Stateline Baseball, the vice-president of the Stateline Chamber, event organizer for the Stateline Business Expo and Pour in the Park, and and a former candidate for Roscoe Township Supervisor.

Weather

Partly sunny, with a high near 57. Breezy, with a south southwest wind 15 to 25 mph, with gusts as high as 40 mph. A 30 percent chance of showers before 1 a.m. Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming mostly clear, with a low around 26. West wind 10 to 15 mph becoming north northwest after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph.