What's happening in the Stateline: Friday, Mar 7 - Friday, Mar 14
Coming this week: 19 events in Rockton, South Beloit, and Roscoe

This week in Rockton, South Beloit, and Roscoe: candidate meet and greet, the Mystery Machine, live music, Elvis, farmers, comedy, friendly blood drive competition, travel to 100 nations, food pantries, and mattresses.
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Hop into the Mystery Machine for a groovy 1970s musical adventure with RMS students. This family-friendly adventure is packed with fun, suspense, and plenty of laughs.

The Vintage Shop Hop is two self-guided days of vintage & boutique shopping - 400+ vintage & antique shops, barn sales, and ladies' boutiques throughout Illinois and Wisconsin


Rock 5ive Band plays rock, pop, R&B, country, and love songs. Dance, sing along, have fun.


Join Chef Andy Skupien, the head chef at Farmers Rising, to learn how healthy soil produces healthy food. Free and open to all.

Every purchase benefits Hononegah boys track and the Hononegah Band. Prices 10-40% below retail. Tell them Joel sent you.

The South Beloit, Rockton and Roscoe Police and Fire Departments are having a friendly blood drive competition. Support your local department and save lives.

Learn how one local traveler journeyed his way through more than 100 countries.


Comedy every Wednesday night until May. No cover, great time. Featuring the funniest comics in the Midwest - several in one night, which is more efficient.


Rockton-Roscoe News is partnering with the League of Women Voters of Greater Rockford (LWVGR) for this nonpartisan voter event covering far northern Illinois.


9 – 11 a.m. every Thursday. If you reside in the Hononegah/South Beloit School Districts, getting the help you need is simple. Bring a photo I.D. and a piece of mail with your address.

Cost: $54. Register online. You will leave class with 6 of your very own wonderfully decorated St Patrick's Day inspired cookies. No experience necessary!

Set in New Orleans during the 1920s, a hardworking waitress named Tiana kisses Prince Naveen, who has been turned into a frog, and Tiana becomes a frog as well. Oops.

Bring the family to "Once Upon a Mattress," a hilarious twist on the classic tale of "The Princess and the Pea." The show that made Carol Burnett famous.

One of the best duets in the area -they've been singing together all their lives. Siblings Shannon Espinosa and Jason Reed will be performing favorite hits from yesterday and today.