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Miss Andrea’s Dance Factory and owner Andrea Abbott are celebrating 35 years while stepping up the love of dance. Abbott is a 1991 graduate of Hononegah Community High School who remains grounded in her roots. Abbott’s personal experience started when she was five years old after her parents encouraged...

Come join us on Tuesday, August 18th, from 1-3 pm as we enjoy our annual summer picnic at Settlers Park, 150 Hawick St., Rockton. The Winnebago County Sheriff's Department will be serving brats and hot dogs along with other summer fare. Our lunch is sponsored by a donation from the Rockton Lion's Club. We will eat toge

Roscoe United Methodist Church has a new face leading its youth ministry, and if early impressions mean anything, the congregation has found itself a natural fit. Colby Cross, a lifelong member of RUMC and Harlem High School graduate, stepped into the Youth Director role in early July—and he’s already shaping the progr

MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) - The City of Beloit Police Department are investigating a shots fired incident Sunday in Beloit. Both Town of Beloit officers and City of Beloit officers were called to the 1300 block of Keeler Avenue around 12:15 p.m. Some time later, one person was taken into custody...

BELOIT — A Beloit man faces aggravated battery charges after delivering beatings that police say seriously injured a man during a melee in a local grocery store parking lot, and then beating up a bystander who tried to intervene to defend the man. According to a criminal complaint filed in the Rock County Sheriff's Off

Somewhere between La Crosse and Kentucky, sixty pallets of alcoholic seltzer met an early end on the side of I-90 near Madison.

Hyperlocal news from Rockton, Roscoe and South Beloit as reported by your neighbors at the Rockton-Roscoe News. Happy 815 Day! Enjoy it - 815 Day Only comes around 1x per year. How are you going to celebrate eating, shopping, people watching, perhaps spending time outside in our many parks and preserves or do you celeb

The northeastern quadrant of Illinois is one of the most urbanized corners of America. Chicagoland sprawls across the state from the shores of Lake Michigan, and around 60 miles to the west sits Rockford, another of Illinois' largest cities. But that's not to say the region is devoid of nature. Coral Woods Conservation

There's no lack of outdoor activities in Rockford, Illinois, the former manufacturing hub known as "the Screw Capital of the World." The state's fifth-largest city is proud of its many parks and ample open space, with over 40,000 acres available to the public. That space includes several good fishing spots in lakes, st

One woman died and three others sustained critical injuries in an Aug. 14 crash in Boone County. Police suspect one of the drivers was under the influence. According to a news release from the Boone County Sheriff's Office, deputies, along with Boone County District #2 Fire, Belvidere Fire Dept and North Boone District