The community newspaper for Solon

Solon Economist
The community newspaper for Solon

Solon Economist
The community newspaper for Solon

Solon Economist

Slaughter 2 Success expands mission

Ella McEntaffer, For the Solon Economist • June 17, 2026

Four years after launching its horse rescue efforts, Slaughter 2 Success is expanding its mission beyond rehabilitation and adoption by developing a new program designed to prevent horses from entering...

Ruzicka’s Meat Processing and Catering is located at 301 North Dubuque St. and has served Solon and the surrounding area for over 40 years with high quality meats and the kind of friendly service that can only be found in a family owned business.

The purpose behind the patties

Mitchell Brinkmeyer, For the Solon Economist • April 15, 2026

Let’s play a game. A historic small business, a candidate for Johnson County Supervisor, and a famously savory meal. How are these things connected? The answer? Ruzicka’s Meat Processing and Catering...

Erin and Tyler Light are the current owners of Baxa’s Sutliff Store & Tavern, continuing a Sutliff tradition dating back to the 1930s. The history of Sutliff, Baxa’s Sutliff Store & Tavern, and memories of friends and families are displayed on the walls of the tavern, located about five miles north of Solon. Across the road from Baxa’s Sutliff Store & Tavern sits the historic Sutliff Bridge. Closed to traffic in 1979 it was partially destroyed in the flood of 2008 and rebuilt with dollars from fundraisers and FEMA. Top left: When first walking into Baxa’s, new customers are immediately caught by the ceilings full of hanging dollar bills – a tradition inadvertently started in the 1970s by a pair of east coast women passing through.

Sutliff’s Baxa’s Tavern

Allisa Pandit, For the Solon Economist • April 1, 2026

As a child, Tyler Light and his friends were goofing around on the Sutliff Bridge during a thunderstorm. Joanne Coon, then-owner of Baxa’s Sutliff Store & Tavern disciplined the kids. Light, who...

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