Rockton-Roscoe News: Sunday, Aug. 10, 2025

Essential skills for pioneers, TV news reductions

Michael McGinnis

Aug 10, 2025 — 3 min read

Today at Macktown Living History: step back into the 1840s, gather at the General Store, or try your hand at some essential skills which you might have needed in the 1840s.

Sunday's news from Rockton, Roscoe and South Beloit - from your friends at Rockton-Roscoe News.

The Alabama-based owner of WIFR-TV plans to buy WREX-TV too, according to the Rock River Current. Though usually the FCC doesn't allow the same company to own two network stations in a city, they make a lot of exceptions. Gray Media executive Kevin Latek admits, "In some markets we have a single news team when we have a CBS or an NBC.” WIFR recently laid off chief meteorologist Mark Henderson after 22 years (but you can find his forecast below), morning anchor Andy Gannon has retired, and currently Gray Media isn't looking for replacements for them. Rockton-Roscoe News remains one of the only locally-run news outlets in Winnebago County.

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