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Rockton-Roscoe News: Monday, Dec. 29, 2025

Power outages, plenty of wind

Michael McGinnis

Dec 29, 2025 — 2 min read

Seen one of these lately? This snow plow belongs to the City of South Beloit.

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About 482 Roscoe homes were without electricity early this morning, east of I-90. Cindy Fitzpatrick reported that a transformer went out on Hamborg Road, south of Skyview Trail. She says the power line pole was catching fire. ComEd reports that power was restored 24 minutes later, at 2:32 a.m.

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