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Solon Economist

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Solon Economist

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Solon Economist

Scouting for Food drive is next month

September 18, 2025

Scout Pack/Troop 120 will hold their annual Scouting for Food drive next month. Scouts will be placing door hangers throughout Solon Saturday, October 18 and will pick up food left on porches/door steps...

Jeff Sauser, co-founding principal of CommunityScale, a consulting firm specializing in urban planning based in Boston, explains a recent study on housing needs in small towns and the unincorporated areas of Johnson County during a Wednesday, Sept. 10 public information meeting at the Solon Public Library.

A focus on housing

Chris Umscheid, Editor September 18, 2025

Housing needs in and around Solon have been a topic of discussion approached from various angles such as affordability, the need for various types of housing, where to put new housing, and impacts, both...

Baristas work behind the counter beneath a neon “Good Vibes Only” sign.

Entering pumpkin spice season with Good Vibes Café

Ella McEntaffer, Intern September 18, 2025

Sisters Krystal Nielsen and Kari Haugse opened Good Vibes Cafe in October of 2018, and the shop has been a Solon staple ever since. Both Nielsen and Haugse are Solon natives and were looking for a way...

It’s a little like watching a storm gathering on the horizon, looking up at all of those leaves and knowing that sooner than later, they’ll need to be dealt with on the ground.

What to do with all those leaves

Chris Umscheid, Editor September 18, 2025

Soon all of those green leaves will turn yellow, red, or orange, and then brown, and then drop to cover yards. But what then? Rake them into a pile and burn them? Rake them to the curb and let the city...

Tom Trump uses his decades of experience to diagnose and maintain mowers and other small engines at the Solon Hardware Store.

Tom Trump talks lawnmower care ahead of colder seasons

Ella McEntaffer, Intern September 18, 2025

Perhaps the age old question that homeowners have as the colder months approach each year is what to do with their lawnmowers. Different online sources each give different pieces of advice, and the...

The Fall 2025 Community News class (from left) – Reanna Robb, Lily Graham, Sonja Fortier, Aviva Wilks-Adams, Zoe Bentler, Megan Klein, instructor Tyren Rushing, and Liam Halawith.

UI students ready to cover the news that matters to Solon

Chris Umscheid, Editor September 10, 2025

A pair of University of Iowa journalism students will soon be hitting the streets in Solon seeking out stories to tell. Reanna Robb and Lily Graham are in this fall’s Iowa Community News class and...

Sophomore football players carry a 35’ American Flag (on loan from the Cedar Rapids Fire Department) along the sideline as pregame ceremonies for Armed Forces Night are about to get underway during last year’s Mount Vernon vs. Solon varsity football game on Armed Forces Night. This year’s event is this Friday, Sept. 12, with all veterans and active duty military admitted free of charge.

Armed Forces Night is this Friday at Spartan Stadium

September 10, 2025

Solon High School is proud to invite all active-duty personnel and veterans to attend “Armed Forces Night” Friday, September 12 at the Mt Vernon Mustangs vs. Solon Spartans football game. This special...

Nomination period open for Nov. 4 city/school elections

September 10, 2025

City and school elections are set for Tuesday, Nov. 4 with multiple seats on both the city council and school board on the ballot. Details on how to become a candidate and be placed on the ballot are...

Reminder: GWOT Wall of Remembrance and Ruck-22 walk next week

September 10, 2025

The Global War on Terror (GWOT) Wall of Remembrance is coming to Solon next week and will be at the Legion Field. The wall, similar to the Vietnam Memorial wall the Solon American Legion Stinocher Post...

Council continues discussion on Macbride Pointe subdivision’s request for city water

Chris Umscheid, Editor September 10, 2025

The Macbride Pointe subdivision, located just west of the roundabout on Hwy. 382, west of Solon, has been the subject of much discussion in recent months, and was again discussed during the Wednesday,...

Scarecrows Against Hunger to Stomp Out Iowa Food Insecurity

September 10, 2025

In an unprecedented show of solidarity, scarecrows from fields, gardens, and pumpkin patches across Iowa have united to form Scarecrows Against Hunger. They are putting down their post duties on Oct....

Reece Meyer works with her steer, Whiskey, in the show ring during the Johnson County Fair. Whiskey received several awards and was selected for the 43rd annual Governor’s Charity Steer Show at the Iowa State Fair Saturday, August 9.

Reece Meyer and Whiskey raise $25,421 for Ronald McDonald Houses in Governor’s Charity Steer Show

September 10, 2025

DES MOINES – Solon’s Reece Meyer and her steer, Whiskey, raised $25,421 for Ronald McDonald Houses in the 2025 Iowa Governor’s Charity Steer Show. Meyer and Whiskey represented Johnson County...

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