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Solon Economist

Spartans are going to The DOME!

Spartans are going to The DOME!

November 12, 2025

Ways to watch Tickets – https://unitix.evenue.net/events/IHSAA $14 On TV – KCRG 9.2 IHSAA Streaming – https://www.iahsaa.org/watch/ or on YouTube at www.youtube.com/@theihsaa UNI-Dome information •...

Sam Lensing and Karen McFarland-Miller sort products for shelving at Sam’s Main Street Market, a Solon staple for 50 years.

A 20-Year Legacy of Local Care: Sam’s Main Street Market Stands the Test of Time

Aviva Adams-Wilk, For the Solon Economist November 12, 2025

Since Sam Lensing became the owner of Sam’s Main Street Market 20 years ago, he has maintained the grocery store’s legacy as a community pillar where Solon residents can catch up with neighbors and...

Voters instigate change in city

Chris Umscheid, Editor November 12, 2025

Solon residents will start 2026 with three new members of the city council after calling for a change in the 2025 city/school election Tuesday, Nov. 4. Incumbents Lauren Whitehead and Cole Gabriel faced...

Dorothy (Madisen Kleppe), Tinman (Deacon Waddell), and Scarecrow (Parker Beck) come across something strange in the forest on their way to Emerald City to see The Wizard in the Solon HS production of The Wizard of Oz.

Click your heels and follow the Yellow Brick Road

Chris Umscheid, Editor November 5, 2025

This weekend, Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 8 and 9, a small farm in Kansas, Munchkin Land, Emerald City, and The Land of Oz come to life on the stage in the Performing Arts Center as Solon High School presents...

A volunteer with the Eastern Iowa Honor Flight greets Bill Brown as his daughter Lisa (Brown) Popken pushes him through a corridor lined with family, friends, and other well-wishers as the 27th Honor Flight out of the Eastern Iowa Airport in Cedar Rapids comes to an end Tuesday, October 14.

An ‘unbelievable trip’

Ella McEntaffer, Intern November 5, 2025

Born and raised in Dubuque, Bill Brown never envisioned he would be an Air Force veteran participating in an Honor Flight. Shortly before he enlisted, Brown completed a 60-week electronics course near...

Members of Solon Pack 120 and Troop 120 pose for a group photo after delivering over 1,700 pounds of food collected from the community to the Solon Food Pantry Saturday, October 25.

Solon Scouts and the community give Pantry a needed boost

Chris Umscheid, Editor November 5, 2025

Solon Pack 120 and Scout Troop 120 delivered 1,787.8 pounds of food and $250 to the Solon Food Pantry Saturday, October 25 at the conclusion of their annual nationwide Scouting for Food event. Scouts...

Solon barber retires after 30 years

Ella McEntaffer, Intern November 5, 2025

Lisa Coberly has spent 21 years working at the Solon Barber Shop, and last week was her last. An Eastern Iowa native, Coberly trained at the Cedar Rapids School of Hairstyling, and earned her barbering...

A city council shake up

Chris Umscheid, Editor November 4, 2025

The Solon City Council will look different next year as residents voted for change in the 2025 City/School Election Tuesday, Nov. 4. Incumbents Lauren Whitehead and Cole Gabriel lost their reelection...

Dorothy Gale (Madisen Kleppe) and Tin Man (Deacon Waddell, also playing Hickory) dance with the Jitterbugs in Solon High School’s production of “The Wizard of Oz.” Showtimes are Saturday, Nov. 8 and Sunday, Nov. 9 in the Performing Arts Center.

Go see the Wizard!

Chris Umscheid, Editor October 29, 2025

In 1939 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) released a film adaptation of L. Frank Baum’s 1900 novel, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. The movie, starring Judy Garland as Dorothy, quickly became an American classic. Saturday...

A young trick-or-treater dressed as a superhero picked out candy from a table display during Solon’s Monster Mash Trunk or Treat celebration Sunday, October 26 at the SRNA.

They did the Mash, the Monster Mash

Ella McEntaffer, Intern October 29, 2025

Solo’s Parks and Recreation Department hosted the annual Monster Mash Trunk or Treat event Sunday at the Solon Recreation and Nature Area (SRNA). Hundreds of costume clad adults, children, and pets...

A standing room only crowd filled the large meeting room at the Solon Public Library last Monday as all five candidates for Solon City Council participated in a forum moderated by the League of Women Voters of Johnson County and co-hosted by the Library and the Solon Economist.

In the hot seat

Chris Umscheid, Editor October 29, 2025

The five candidates for Solon city council faced a packed room and tough questions Monday, October 20 in a forum at the Solon Public Library co-hosted by the Library and the Solon Economist, and moderated...

Davis Eidahl (at left), Superintendent of the Solon Community School District, welcomes visitors to the expanded Solon Intermediate School Monday, October 20. An open house was held to showcase the $7.5 million addition, funded by the 2023 bond issue, and to provide an opportunity for people to meet school board members Tim Brown, Cassie Rochholz, and Megan Laing, all up for reelection next Tuesday.

Inspecting their investment

Chris Umscheid, Editor October 29, 2025

Patrons of the Solon Community School District (SCSD) were able to get an up close look at the addition to the Intermediate School (SIS) during an open house Monday, October 20. Superintendent Davis...

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