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Solon Economist

The community newspaper for Solon

Solon Economist

The community newspaper for Solon

Solon Economist

Chris Umscheid, Editor

Chris Umscheid is the editor of the Solon Economist.

All content by Chris Umscheid
Rudy, the JCSO’s Crisis Response Canine, gets to know Guillermo Romano-Ibarra and Veronica Stafford, both of Solon, during an open house this past Saturday at the Solon substation located at 223 S. Iowa St. Rudy, the JCSO’s Crisis Response Canine, was the center of attention during an open house this past Saturday at the Solon substation located at 223 S. Iowa St.

Rudy steals the show

Chris Umscheid, Solon Economist
May 6, 2025
A great day to be a kid in Solon

A great day to be a kid in Solon

Chris Umscheid, Solon Economist
April 24, 2025

‘They’re scheming already’

Chris Umscheid, Solon Economist
April 24, 2025
Nico Olsem (middle front), Solon Intermediate School 4th and 5th graders, and Solon Middle School 6th 
graders dance to the tunes spun
by “DJ Curtis (SMS teacher Curtis Hendrickson)” during a mini-dance
marathon last Friday afternoon. SMS students organized to raise money
for two area families battling cancer. .

Happy feet and helping hands

Chris Umscheid, Solon Economist
March 5, 2025
(From left) Jadlyn Huynh (Agnes/Pirate 1), Abby Kramer (Pirate), Merrick Gravert (Morgan Bluebeard), Evann Freerks (Princess Maria), Natalie Arthur (Jackie Bluebeard), and MacKenna Kramer (Pirate) rehearse a scene from The Pirate Sisters and the Bounty for Bluebeard, this year’s spring play at Solon High School. The curtain goes up Saturday, March 8 and Sunday, March 9 in the Center for the Arts.

YO HO!

Chris Umscheid, Editor
February 27, 2025
Solon Middle School 7th grade student RJ Smalley presents balloons, a T-shirt, and a small scale replica of the leg lamp from the 1983 comedy movie “A Christmas Story” to Principal Mike Herdliska as the students and staff celebrate an “Exceptional” rating from the Iowa Department of Education for the 2023-2024 school year Friday, Dec. 13.

One of the best

Chris Umscheid, Editor
December 19, 2024
Lewis Ekroth (479) and Sam Ekroth (480), from Solon dash through an S-curve at the SRNA Saturday morning during the third annual Bone Dash. The pair finished fourth and fifth in the 1-mile run, which raised funds for the Joining Hands Support Group for pediatric rheumatology patients at the U of I Stead Family Children’s Hospital.

Dashing for Kids

Chris Umscheid, Editor
October 9, 2024