September is Library Card Sign-Up Month!
Back in 1987, Library Card Sign-Up Month began with a simple but powerful idea: every child should have a library card–and use it! That message still rings...
Upper Iowa University announces Spring 2025 graduates
FAYETTE — Upper Iowa University is pleased to announce Drew Drinkwine, of Ely, and Karen Smith, of Solon are among its Spring 2025 graduates.
DMACC...
Join Iowa state park and forest staff Saturday, Sept. 27, for Statewide Volunteer Day, when Iowans are invited to lend a hand and help care for Iowa’s natural areas, freshen up campgrounds and facilities,...
Things are getting spooky! The Friends of the Library will host their annual Halloween Costume & Decor Sale Saturday, October 4, from 8:00 a.m. to Noon in the community meeting room. All items available...
Advocate 2025 trips
The Solon Advocates have been organizing bus trips since 2007 and one of our favorite journeys is to Breitbach’s Restaurant in Balltown.
Breitbach’s opened in 1852 and has been...
Thank you to all who completed the Senior Activities/Services questionnaire!
We are at 80 responses so far, and more are coming to us in the mail. We are still adding in the mailed questionnaires but...
Travis Beckman, Johnson County Emergency Management Agency
• September 4, 2025
Due to recent repairs needed on the outdoor warning sirens located in the North Zone (north of Lake Macbride - Solon, Swisher, Shueyville, and rural areas), Johnson County Emergency Management Agency will...
Piece It Together at the Library Friday, September 26, at 6:00 p.m.
Think you and your friends have what it takes to be the fastest puzzlers in town? Gather your team (up to six players) and join the...
The Solon Public Library is pleased to welcome back curator and storyteller Doris Montag for another engaging presentation in her popular History of Ordinary Things series. This time, Doris turns her...
Kirkwood Community College announces Dean's List honors
CEDAR RAPIDS — Kirkwood Community College has released its Dean's List for the spring 2025 semester. These students have achieved a 3.3 grade...
The Solon Community School District (SCSD) will be hosting a community-wide event Sunday, Sept. 7 with a showing of the film My Ascension, a documentary about Emma Benoit, a young woman from Ascension...
September is Library Card Sign-Up Month! Back in 1987, Library Card Sign-Up Month began with a simple but powerful idea: every child should have a library card–and use it! That message still rings...
