County Supervisors listen to an annual update by the Johnson County Historic Preservation Commission during the Johnson County work session in Iowa City on Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025.
On April 10, Iowa...
Last November the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office (JCSO) opened a substation in Solon at 223 S. Iowa St. The building (named in honor of former mayor Steve Stange), which has served as Solon’s...
Participants in the annual dash were able to attempt many different obstacles at the Solon Recreation and Nature Center (SRNA), including a human hamster wheel, car wash, plank walk, and brand new rope...
The Senior Advocates have selected Larry Swann as Senior of the Year.
Mr. Swann will be honored will be honored at three events.
Wednesday, May 7, Swann will be recognized at the City Council meeting...
Cami Rasmussen has been around lakes her entire life. So when she stood at the entrance to Lake Macbride on Feb. 8, watching emergency responders drive into the state park, she knew there had been a...
Abbey Ballauer, For the Solon Economist
• April 30, 2025
Energy was high at Solon High School Thursday, April 22, as the Lady Spartans took their mark for the girls 4x800-meter relay at the Denny Gruber Relays— and they didn’t disappoint.
Athletes Sydney...
SOLON — Joe Krob stood before a line of children and their parents, arranged in groups by age. Behind him were 3,456 plastic eggs containing candy and scattered across the football field at the Solon...
A little over a year ago the Solon Economist and Mount Vernon-Lisbon Sun newspapers were purchased by Student Publications, Inc., the non-profit organization overseeing The Daily Iowan. This created...
SOLON — The 2025 Spartan Dash takes over the SRNA this Saturday, April 26, in an annual morning of family fun, come rain or shine. The event is a fundraiser for the PTOs at Lakeside Elementary School...
SOLON — There are days on the school calendar many students look forward to such as the start of Christmas break, the start of spring break, and the last day of classes for the year (Friday, May...
Diamond Vogel and Keep Iowa Beautiful are proud to announce the recipients of the 2025 Paint Iowa Beautiful grants. This long-standing partnership supports community betterment projects across the...
Jessa Dougherty, Iowa Workforce Development
• April 24, 2025
DES MOINES — Iowa’s labor force participation rate held steady at 67.0 percent in March as 1,700 Iowans entered the labor force. The state’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 3.4 percent...
