ABOUT ONAWA

Onawa, the Monona County Seat, is a town of 3,100 located between the Loess Hills on the east and the Missouri River on the west. The community has all the benefits of small town life with easy interstate access to city amenities in either Sioux City (40 miles) or Omaha (60 miles).

West Monona Community Schools student-teacher ratio is 12 to 1, allowing for individualized attention. The 6-7-8-grade middle school opened during the fall of 2001. Also, opening in 2001 was the Early Childhood Development Center attached to Lark Elementary which includes Head Start Classrooms, a 90 child Day Care, and a private preschool.

Recreational opportunities include: approximately 70 acres of parks in town, a nine hole golf course, swimming pool complete with a waterslide, hiking and hunting in the Loess Hills, water activities on the Missouri River or Blue Lake State Park which has a full-sized replica of Lewis and Clarks keel boat. There is also many museums and a gaming casino nearby.

With it's availability of numerous professional services, it's abundance of retail options, it's convenient location, and it's top-notch school system, Onawa is a wonderful place to live and an even better place to raise a family.