Rockton-Roscoe News: Saturday, Nov. 22, 2025
Budget hearing, today's events
Saturday's news from Rockton, Roscoe, and South Beloit - from your neighbors at Rockton-Roscoe News. You can reply to this email with news tips, comments, or suggestions. Scroll down for the latest stories.
- The City of South Beloit will have a public hearing about their proposed 2026 budget on Monday, November 24, 2025, at 4:15 p.m. in the South Beloit City Hall. The commissioners will hear, residents may talk, otherwise the meeting could be pretty short.
Events today
Theater: The Sound of Music at Hononegah Performing Arts Center
Fri-Sun Nov. 21-23, 2025, Hononegah Performing Arts Center, 307 Salem St. Rockton IL, 61073
Rockton-Roscoe News Staff
Bushnell-Wheeler Christmas Open House
Fri-Sun Nov. 21-23, 2025, Bushnell-Wheeler Home 542 Wheeler Ave. South Beloit IL, 61080
Rockton-Roscoe News Staff
Santa’s Attic is Back
Fri-Sat Nov. 21-22, 2025, 9 am - 4 pm, Rockton Township Historical Society, Green and Blackhawk, 529 Green St., Rockton, IL 61072
Marilyn Mohring
South Beloit Lions Club Meat Raffle at Mustangs
Sat Nov 22, 2025, 1 - 3 p.m., Mustangs Bar & Grill, 482 Gardner St, South Beloit IL, 61080
Rockton-Roscoe News Staff
Music: Let’s Rock Mystery Band at Louie’s
Sat Nov 22, 2025, 7:00 pm, Louie’s Tap House 5689 Elevator Rd. Roscoe IL, 61073
Rockton-Roscoe News Staff
In case you missed it
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
Adam Neblock
Rockton-Roscoe News: Friday, Nov. 21, 2025
Santa’s Attic, weekend events
Michael McGinnis
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.
Michael McGinnis
Rockton-Roscoe News: Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025
Turning Point, fair weather, many books
Michael McGinnis
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.”
Adam Neblock
Rockton-Roscoe News: Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2025
Roscoe Township, Lincoln and Liberty at Macktown
Michael McGinnis
