About Us

The Solon Economist is a weekly print publication based in Solon, Iowa, that has served the communities of Solon and northeastern Johnson County since the newspaper’s founding in 1869. The Economist is published on Thursdays and delivered 51 weeks per year (except the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day).

With a newly relaunched website, the Economist offers local news and features reporting on Solon and the surrounding areas, including Lake Macbride.

The Economist has been owned since February 2024 by Student Publications, Inc., the Iowa City-based non-profit corporation that owns and publishes The Daily Iowan (the student newspaper at the University of Iowa) and the Mount Vernon-Lisbon Sun.