The fourth annual Bone Dash 5K run and Monster Mile takes over the Solon Recreation and Nature Area (SRNA) Saturday morning. Runners and walkers, many in costumes (costumes are encouraged) will gather...
Chris Meglio, Special to the Solon Economist
• October 8, 2025
After Solon’s Maddox Kelley scored a 49-yard rushing touchdown in the first drive of the game versus Keokuk, quarterback Eli Kampman isolated himself on the bench with a computer and watched film.
He...
As fans arrived, posters lined the wall showcasing the eight seniors (Jillian Elijah, Gretchen Hammill, and Jaelyn Posekany on the JV squad and Kennedey Whitford, Cydney Jaster, Jozie Lahr, Kiley Devery,...
167 Solon girls from preschool through 5th grade shook, shouted, and jumped as they took over the football field Friday evening (October 3) for the 2025 Spartan Cheer Champ.
The event, the largest fundraiser...
Four year old Liam Mattson of Solon is enrolled in Pre-K at Lakeview Elementary School. His mom, Taylor Mattson, says that his favorite subject in school is recess, he loves to “play” his piano toy,...
Voters in the city of Solon and in the Solon Community School District (SCSD) will go to the polls Tuesday, Nov. 4 for the city and school election with several candidates to choose from for open seats...
ANAMOSA — Solon Middle School’s boys cross country team took the team title Saturday, Sept. 27 in Anamosa’s invitational meet edging out Anamosa’s closest rival – Monticello – 32-37, and...
ANAMOSA — The north end of the Anamosa Middle School campus features prairie grass, tall weeds, and a nearby farm with cows peacefully grazing on corn stubble. Then comes another herd, this one consisting...
During the Sept. 17 Solon City Council meeting, councilor Lauren Whitehead requested to amend records from the Sept. 3 meeting to show there was an extended exchange between city representatives and...
Following the new state legislation HF 782 signed into law by Gov. Kim Reynolds earlier this year, electronic devices are no longer permitted during instructional hours, marking a big change for schools...
The varsity girls won Independence’s invitational cross country meet Thursday, Sept. 18 with Falyn Svalstad (20:11.7), Addison Seamans (20:33.1), Liv Nelson (20:44.4), and Mailee Schmidt (21:05.1)...
VAN HORNE — A string of field goals isn’t a common way to win a football game, but for the Spartans, it was key to their 28-21 non-district win over Benton Community Friday, Sept. 19 in the Bobcats’...
