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Flour Power
05/09/2013 - 6:44pm
Steph Hooper takes a blast of flour after exiting “Great Bales of Solon,” one of the many fun obstacles at the Spartan Dash, a fundraiser for the Lakeview Elementary PTO Saturday, April 27. Turn to page 20 for more photos by Doug Lindner.
Solon Economist
Volunteers no longer needed to sandbag in Solon
04/17/2013 - 12:53pm
Report To The Public Works Building SOLON– Residents of Solon continued to sandbag Wednesday evening as rapidly rising waters closed in on the city’s sewage plant. By Thursday morning, things were looking up. Solon Public Works Director Scott Kleppe reported Mill Creek had withdrawn after being as close as 3 feet from a building at the wastewater...
Solon Economist
Fire heavily damages Solon industrial condo
04/11/2013 - 11:47am
SOLON– Firefighters from Solon, North Liberty, Ely and Iowa City responded Thursday morning to find an industrial condominium on Solon’s south side partially engulfed in flames. The Solon Fire Department was called to the multiple-unit industrial condo located at 200 Windflower Ln. east of Highway 1 mid-morning Thursday, and the combined efforts...
North Liberty Leader
Cool victory for Clipper boys
04/10/2013 - 6:39pm
TIFFIN– Tim Benson’s Clear Creek Amana (CCA) varsity soccer boys took to the field Monday, April 1, to face the Golden Hawks of Mid-Prairie in a season-opening girls/boys doubleheader. With temperatures in the low 30s and a persistent wind out of the west-northwest, the conditions were more appropriate for winter. The weather did not hinder the...
North Liberty Leader
We Run for a good cause
04/10/2013 - 6:25pm
NORTH LIBERTY– What better way for a store specializing in running shoes and apparel to celebrate its one-year anniversary than with a 5K run? That’s how Kris and Brian Tharp, owners of We Run, chose to mark their big day. At least 650 people registered for either a 5K run or 1 mile walk held on Saturday, March 23, just two days shy of the...
Easter brunch
04/10/2013 - 6:04pm
Eight-month-old Tannor Ostrander of Solon samples a plastic egg while taking a leisurely crawl through the toddler field of the Solon Optimist Club’s Easter Egg Hunt Sunday. The event was rescheduled to April 7 after inclement weather wiped out the original date, and as a result the turnout was a little light.