Rockton-Roscoe News: Friday, June 20, 2025

Eat, drink, and shop for groceries

Rockton-Roscoe News: Friday, June 20, 2025
Photo: Ed Johnson, at Nygren Wetlands

Today's news and events from RocktonRoscoe, and South Beloit - brought to you by Rockton-Roscoe News.

In the news

  • Downtown Rockton points out their little town has 15 places to eat or drink. Some people enjoy the same place every day, but you could visit a different one each day for two weeks and not quite cover them all.
  • Our friend Alex Gary at the Beloit Daily News points out that Woodman's Supermarket has bought property in South Beloit, at Manchester and Willowbrook.
  • Any news tips for us? Any advice? We read it all. Let us know.

Today's events

NorthPointe Mobile Blood Drive
Fri June 20, 2025, 10 a.m. - 2:30 p.m., NorthPointe Health & Wellness 5605 E. Rockton Road Roscoe IL, 61073
Little Science Storytime: Animal Abilities
Fridays, June 13-August 1, 2025, 10 a.m., Nature at the Confluence, 306 Dickop St, South Beloit, IL 61080
Cross & Crown Lutheran Church Community Meal
Friday, June 20, 2025, 12:00 Noon, Cross & Crown Lutheran Church, 7404 Elevator Road, Roscoe, IL
Characters2Life Presents: Minecraft
Fri Jun 20, 2025, 8:30 pm, Rockton Athletic Fields 12801 Old River Road Rockton IL, 61072

Today's weather

  • Friday: A 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, mainly between 9 am and 1 pm. Mostly cloudy, then gradually becoming sunny, with a high near 83. Breezy, with a south southwest wind 10 to 20 mph, with gusts as high as 30 mph.
  • Friday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 74. South southwest wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.

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