Rockton-Roscoe News: Saturday, Jan. 17, 2026
New coffee owners, SOBO basketball
News for Rockton, Roscoe and South Beloit - with award-winning reporting by the Rockton-Roscoe News. Founded in 2021, our stories are now read by more than 20,000 neighbors each month.
Blooms and brews: Christy and Jake Krupa take the reins at DeeDee’s Main Street Coffee & Décor
Rockton, IL — Christy Krupa, owner of Buckets n Blooms, and her husband Jake have officially taken over DeeDee’s Coffee, continuing the downtown café’s role as a familiar gathering place for local residents.
Alycia Dioneda Schneedle
Rockton-Roscoe News: Friday, Jan. 16, 2026
Golden Apple, cleaner water
Michael McGinnis
South Beloit rolls past Alden-Hebron in physical, evenly matched contest on Wednesday night
South Beloit’s balanced attack carried the SOBOs past Alden-Hebron, 68-41
Harold Bone
- Pick-A-Dilly Antiques in Rockton is inviting new vendors to join them. Call the store at 815-957-0216 for more details: Tuesday-Saturday 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. or Sunday 12 - 4 p.m.
Weekend events
Conservation Conversations
Sun, Jan. 18, 2026 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm, Nature at the Confluence, 306 Dickop Street, South Beloit, IL 61080
Julie Uram
Acoustic Millennial Band and Osiris will be playing Saturday night at Louie’s Tap House in Roscoe.
In case you missed it
Officer James Sanders Obituary
Celebration of life on Saturday, February 7, 2026 at Vikings Lanes In South Beloit from 2 - 7 p.m.
Rockton-Roscoe News Staff
Hononegah Indians bested by Auburn in an offensive drought, 72-40
Hononegah struggled physically on the boards, and offensively really couldn’t get going against this Auburn defense, but with a game against Huntley on Friday the team has a chance at a get-right.
Gavin Sweeney
Four local teachers are among 20 finalists for the 2026 Golden Apple Foundation Award
Four of the twenty Golden Apple finalists teach Grades 6-12 in Roscoe, Rockton and South Beloit schools
Jean Seegers
Clean water, clear answers: how Rockton and UIC are solving the PFAS puzzle
Village of Rockton and University of Illinois-Chicago team up to reduce risk to PFAS exposure
Adam Neblock
