Rockton-Roscoe News: Friday, May 30, 2025
Garden, graduate, gravestones
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- Last year the Rockton-Roscoe Rotary Club decided to start a Pollinator Garden Project at Kinnikinnick Elementary School. Now they're clearing and planting the area.
- Braxton Brown from Rockton graduated Summa Cum Laude from Edgewood College in Madison WI, with BS in Spanish and Child and Family Studies - Child Life. A graduate of the honors program, she will be working for the Navigators organization on the UW Madison campus for a year before she begins her masters.
- The Roscoe Township Cemetery Committee will be cleaning gravestones (the old white ones) at Roscoe Cemetery this summer. If you would like to help or know someone who would like to help, please email cemetery@roscoetownship.org or call 815-623-7323.
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Today's events
Blood Drive at Stillman Bank
Fri May 30, 2025, 9 am - 2 pm., Stillman Bank, 5250 Bridge St. Roscoe IL, 61073
Michael McGinnis
Food Truck Friday in Rockton: El Rey Food Truck
Fri May 30, 2025, 4:00 pm, American Legion 221 W. Main St. Rockton IL, 61072
Michael McGinnis
Car Meet at M & M Dari Ripple
Fri May 30, 2025 6- 10 pm, M&M Dari Ripple 470 Blackhawk Blvd. South Beloit IL, 61080
Michael McGinnis
Today's weather
- Friday: A slight chance of showers between 2pm and 4pm, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms after 4 p.m. Patchy smoke after 3pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 78. West northwest wind 5 to 10 mph increasing to 10 to 15 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%.
- Friday Night: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms before 10pm. Patchy smoke before 10 p.m. Partly cloudy, with a low around 52. Northwest wind 5 to 15 mph becoming north northeast after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 25 mph. (Forecasts courtesy of the National Weather Service).
In case you missed it
Roscoe History: Remembering the Ilsley Family and the Flood of 1858
At midnight on June 3, 1858, disaster struck a Roscoe home, west of what is now the Stone Bridge.
Tracy Terry
Rockton-Roscoe News: Wednesday, May 28, 2025
Beach life, college graduate, death notices
Michael McGinnis
VetsRoll brings veterans home from the trip of a lifetime
Over 400 weary and happy veterans, Rosie the Riveters, assistants, medical team and bus drivers returned from the 2025 VetsRoll Trip of a Lifetime on Wednesday, May 21.
Jean Seegers
Death notices for the Stateline: May 26, 2025
We remember those who are no longer with us in Roscoe, South Beloit, and Rockton.
Michael McGinnis
