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Monona County Courthouse
Public Safety Center
Volunteer Fire Department
Public Library
Senior Citizen Center
Churches
Fraternal Organizations
Onawa Foundation Community
Cable Television
Internet Services
Telephone
Natural Gas
Transportation
Day Care
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Monona County Courthouse
Monona County
Courthouse
Onawa is the county seat for Monona County and, therefore, the
center of all county government.
- Auditor, (712) 433-2191
Assessor, 433-2271
Auto Department, 433-2702
Board of Supervisors, 433-1585
Clerk, 423-2491
Drainage, 433-2630
Engineer, 433-2284
Human Services, 433-1921
Recorder, 433-2575
Treasurer, 433-2347
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Public Safety
Center
Adjacent to the courthouse, the Public Safety Center houses the
law enforcement facility and the Monona County Civil Defense
Department. The surrounding counties, including Woodbury,
frequently use the jail for housing prisoners between transfers
and court appearances.
Contact information: 423-2525.
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Onawa Volunteer
Fire Department
Onawa's fire department is located at Eighth and Diamond
streets. The firefighters receive periodic training on the latest
techniques and equipment used in fire fighting and emergency
services. The equipment is well stocked and in new or near new
condition. Contact information: Non-emergency, 433-2525; To
Report a Fire, 911. E-mail: onawavfd@longlines.com
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Onawa Public Library
Built in the "Craftsman" style, this Carnegie library
was just completed a 2.6 million dollar addition that continued
the architectural theme. The Onawa Public
Library is centrally located and easily accessible to all
citizens.
The building contains two floors with a collection
of 30,000 volumes, a local history work area, a local history
research office and meeting rooms. The library offers access to
computer, video and microfilm equipment.
Contact information: 707 Iowa Avenue, (712) 423-1733 or onawalib@onawave.net
Visit the Onawa Public Library online www.onawa.lib.ia.us
State Library
of Iowa
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Senior Citizen
Center
The Senior Citizen Center provides the elderly of the area with
daily meals, recreation and entertainment. Contact
information: 423-3066
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Churches &
Fraternal Organizations
Onawa has churches of many denominations working
together to develop the spiritual aspect of the community. These
churches welcome your participation in worship.
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First
Christian Church
722 15th Street
Onawa, IA 51040
712/423-2466
Sunday services:
Bible school 9:15 a.m.
Worship 10:30 a.m.
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Onawa
Evangelical Free Church
1123 12th Street
Onawa, IA 51040
712/433-2395
oefc@longlines.com
Sunday services:
Sunday school 9:15 a.m.
Morning worship 10:30 a.m.
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Onawa
United Methodist Church
1103 13th Street
Onawa, IA 51040
712/423-1115
Sunday services:
Sunday school 9:15 a.m.
Worship service 10:30 a.m.
Potluck after worship service the last Sunday
of
each month. Everyone is welcome, visitors need not bring
food.
Communion 1st Sunday each month.
Onawa
United Methodist Church
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First
Congregational United Church of
Christ of Onawa
903 Diamond Street
Onawa, IA 51040
712/423-2042
Sunday services:
Through 7/15 @ Onawa
10 a.m.
7/22 - 9/2 @ Blencoe United Church of Christ 10 a.m.
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Faith
Lutheran Church
316 - 15th St.
Onawa, IA 51040
712/423-1846
Sunday services:
Summer Worship Services 9:30 a.m.
Communion 1st & 3rd Sunday
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St.
John's Catholic Church
1003 13th Street
Onawa, IA 51040
712/423-1004
Services:
Saturday 4:30 p.m. @ St. John's
Sunday 8:00 a.m. @ St. Bernard's, Blencoe
Sunday 10:00 a.m. @ St. John's
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Baptist Tabernacle
1019 8th Street
Onawa, IA 51040
Times:
10am Sunday School
11am worship service
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Community
of Christ
1222 11th St
Onawa, IA 51040
712/423-2353
Times:
9am Church School
9:55 am Devotions
10:30am Worship service
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Hewitt |
Pastor
Maxine Burow |
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Fraternal Organizations
- Onawa offers several fraternal and service organizations. These
include the Masons, Knights of Columbus, Eagles, Kiwanis, V.F.W.
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Clubs Onawa offers many opportunities for fun and
fellowship. Kiwanis, Women’s Club, Christian Women’s Club,
Classics Car Club, Ducks Unlimited, Pheasants Forever, Tri-River
Archery Club, bowling leagues, DARE, Elks, Amvets, Boy Scouts,
Girl Scouts, 4-H, and more. There’s something for everyone. |
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Onawa Community
Foundation
The Onawa Community Foundation was established to facilitate the
fund raising efforts for Onawa projects. The Foundation is also
available for individual endowments or bequests either designated
for a specific Onawa project or under the general discretion of
the Board of Directors.
Current projects under the Onawa Community Foundation include the
Onawa Community and Recreational Center, Monona County Veterans
Memorial, Onawa Public Library Expansion, Onawa Playground
Equipment, Early Childhood Development Center, Lewis & Clark
Interpretive Center, West Monona Community School District, Monona
County "Y", Onawa Housing, Downtown Beautification,
Commercial Building, and Ropes Park.
Tax-deductible contributions can be made payable to the Onawa
Community Foundation, PO Box 238, Onawa IA 51040. Any questions
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Cable Television
Long Lines provides customers with a total of 57
basic channels and nine premium channels, including HBO
packages, Showtime packages, and Cinemax. For more
information call: 1-800-833-7554 or 712-433-4000.
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Internet Services
Long Lines provides customers with Dial up and
High Speed Internet connections. For more information call:
1-800-833-7554 or 712-433-4000.
Onawave provides wireless Internet Service.
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Telephone
Onawa is served by Long Lines and Qwest companies.
The companies are capable of expanding service should it be
required in the future.
Long Lines:
Contact for services: 712-433-4000 or 1-800-833-7554
Qwest companies:
Contact for home service: 1-800-244-1111
Contact for business service: 1-800-603-6000
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Natural Gas
Before 1967, individual customers were supplied by bottled gas.
Aquila has since developed a street distribution system with over
800 hookups. For more information call: 1-800-303-0752
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Transportation
Onawa's external transportation needs are served several
different ways.
- Highways
Onawa is served by Interstate Highway 29, connecting Sioux
Falls and Sioux City (30 miles north) with Omaha (58 miles
south) and Kansas City. Interstate 29 is a controlled access
facility tying into east/west Interstate 80 about 40 miles
south of Onawa, which connects to Des Moines. The community is
also served by conventional highways including old U.S. 75
(Iowa 475) paralleling Interstate 29 from Sioux City to
Council Bluffs, and Iowa 175, running east and west.
- Railroads
The Chicago and Northwestern Railroad, a necessary rail line
to the interests of Iowa, passes through Onawa.
- Trucking
Local firms not only distribute agricultural products to
markets in Sioux City, Omaha, Council Bluffs and Des Moines,
but also provide transportation of all kinds of consumer
goods.
- Bus Lines/Regional Transit
Onawa participates in a federally funded rural transportation
system called Siouxland Transit and serves as a stop on the
route. The system is designed to serve the elderly and
handicapped who are unable to drive or otherwise secure
transportation. Passengers may go as far as Sioux City for
shopping, medical services and other reasons. The route is
linked to similar systems in Woodbury, Ida and Cherokee
counties. Greyhound Bus Line operates a daily schedule in
Onawa as well.
- Municipal Airport
The Onawa Municipal Airport (K36) is located 1 mile SW of
Onawa. Onawa’s airport has a 3,400 foot concrete runway
with a Unicom Radio and Instrument Landing System. Contact the
City of Onawa at 712.433.1181.
- Air Service
Additional air service is available within a short driving
distance from Onawa. Sioux City's municipal airport is 30
miles north of Onawa with flights available on United,
Northwest and TWA airlines. Omaha's Eppley Airport is 60 miles
south of Onawa with flights available on Delta, Northwest,
United, TWA and Southwest airlines. Rental cars are available
at both airports from Thrifty, Alamo, National, Sears, Avis
and Hertz.
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Daycare
The Early Childhood Development Center is a non-profit
organization providing quality child care for children from two
weeks to twelve years of age. Programs are offered for infants,
toddlers and school-aged children. A drop-off program is also
available.
The Center is licensed by the Department of Human Services and is
connected to the elementary school. This facility houses daycare,
preschool, and Headstart programs, as well as before-and
after-school child-care. This project is the first of it's kind to
combine the efforts of the City, County, School District and the
three child-care entities.
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