Rockton-Roscoe News: Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025
Turning Point, fair weather, many books
Today's news from Rockton, Roscoe, and South Beloit - from your friends and neighbors at Rockton-Roscoe News. You can reply to this email with news tips, comments, or suggestions. Scroll to the end for the latest stories, including restrictions on the sale of tobacco and related products in Roscoe.
- The Hononegah school board has given its approval for the establishment of a student-led club associated with the late Charlie Kirk’s organization Turning Point USA,
- Rockton weatherman Mark Henderson will become the new Community Development Director for the Village of Rockton, effective December 1. He says he won’t give up predicting the weather, though. So when you decide to attend an outdoor Rockton event in the future, you can be pretty sure you won’t get rained on.
- The Rockton-Roscoe Rotary Club has given more than 40 books to Shirland School in this year’s Rotary Literacy Grant, all winners of the Bluestem Award as chosen by young Illinois book lovers in grades 3-5.
Today’s events
Game Day at Roscoe Township Community Center
Thurs Nov 20, 2025, 9 am - 3 pm, Roscoe Township Community Center 4562 Hononegah Road Roscoe IL, 61073
Rockton-Roscoe News Staff
Annual Lions Club Senior Turkey Dinner
Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025, 11 a.m. - 1 p.m., Harlem-Roscoe Fire Station #1, 10544 Main St. Roscoe, IL
Rockton-Roscoe News Staff
Music: Ryan V at Poison Ivy Pub
Thu Nov 20, 2025, 6 - 9 pm, Poison Ivy Pub, 5765 Elevator Rd., Roscoe IL, 61073
Rockton-Roscoe News Staff
Roscoe Township Board Meeting
Thu Nov 20 2025, 7 pm, Roscoe Township, 5792 Elevator Road, Roscoe IL, 61073
Rockton-Roscoe News Staff
In case you missed it
No-cost safety alarm systems for the Roscoe area with the help of Harlem-Roscoe Fire District
Free fire-alarms and carbon monoxide alarms
Jean Seegers
Death notices for the far Stateline: Nov. 17, 2025
We remember those who are no longer with us in Rockton, Roscoe, and South Beloit.
Michael McGinnis
Fire destroys home on Hononegah Road; no injuries reported; two pets however are believed to have perished
Firefighters arrived on the scene to a house full of smoke and flames.
Rockton-Roscoe News Staff
Rockton-Roscoe News: Monday, Nov. 17, 2025
Village meetings, engagement
Michael McGinnis
