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Rockton-Roscoe News: Tuesday, Mar. 18, 2025

Chemtool, death notices, fire, school board, Meet The Hotdogs

Michael McGinnis

Mar 18, 2025 — 5 min read

April Graves and her dogs are releasing a second book.

Tuesday's edition of Rockton-Roscoe News from Roscoe, Rockton, and South Beloit.

Residents who suffered through the 2021 Chemtool disaster may not have to wait much longer for compensation. Analytics Consulting emailed a class member Monday afternoon, saying, "Although we are unable to make any promises, Judge Balogh has requested that payments go out to class members with valid claims before the next scheduled court hearing date of May 2nd, 2025. We do expect at this point that payments will be issued prior to that court date."

Kinnikinnick School superintendent Keli Freedlund tells us that tonight's Board of Education meeting "will need to be rescheduled as unfortunately we will not have a quorum due to a couple of unforeseen circumstances for our Board members." The meeting has been rescheduled for March 31 in the Kinnikinnick Library at 7 p.m.
April Graves of Roscoe, the art teacher at Rockton Grade School and author of Meet The Hotdogs, has finished her second Meet The Hotdogs book and is having a book signing at Inkwell on April 5.

Weather

Partly sunny, with a high near 66. South southeast wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph. A 30 percent chance of showers after 1 a.m. Mostly cloudy, with a low around 50. East southeast wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 15 mph.