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Rockton-Roscoe News: Monday, Oct. 13, 2025

Grocery tax, Village administrator, weekly events

Michael McGinnis

Oct 13, 2025 — 3 min read

Next year, Walmart in Rockton will still charge a grocery sales tax. The Village of Roscoe will have eliminated their grocery tax.

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• The Village of Roscoe is one of the few local municipalities that didn’t vote to continue collecting a grocery sales tax which had brought in about $98,000 a year. Trustee Michael Wright told us it wasn’t a mistake. They can use the decision as a marketing tool: “come to Roscoe and NOT pay the extra grocery tax anymore.“ He explains, “The Village has a healthy bank account so we thought the 98k was feasible to give the Roscoe taxpayer a break... from more taxes!”

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