For only the second time in school history, and for the first time in Class AA, the Tea Area High School girls’ basketball team punched their ticket to State last week with a SoDak 16 win over Harrisburg. The victory sent the Titans to the State AA Tournament held in Rapid City on Thursday, Mar. 12 through Saturday, Mar. 14. This marked the program’s first appearance to the State AA, with their previous State trip coming in 2024, when Tea Area finished as the Class A runner-u

Addison Kamps, a junior from Tea Area High School, competed in the 123-pound class at the South Dakota Class AA Powerlifting Championships held Saturday, Mar. 14, at Sioux Falls Roosevelt. Kamps managed to reach the podium with a fifth-place finish. Her three-lift total was 495 pounds.

The Tea City Council met March 16 first as a board of equalization and then for their regular council meeting. The board reviewed two appeals as a board of equalization where they adjourned at 6:23 p.m. Then they opened their regular council meeting at 6:24 p.m. Police Chief Jessica Quigley presented her annual report to the council. She reported calls for service were up over last year at 6,252. They did not have any homicides in 2025. Substance abuse was all up over last ye

The Lincoln County Board of Commissioners met on Tuesday, Mar. 10. Commissioners heard agenda items including Justice Center updates, Veterans Memorial talks, and airport funding. Julie Dotsenrod from The Tegra Group, along with Kyle Hubers from Henry Carlson and Lynn Remers from JLG Architect, were present to give an update on the Lincoln County Justice Center.  “The site work has come a long way this past year as we were able to take advantage of the good weather. All the c

Eighty-one Tea youth wrestlers participated in the Region 5 AAU wrestling tournament at Sioux Falls Washington on Saturday, March 14th. The Titans had fifty wrestlers place in the top four at the region tournament. Forty-two of those wrestlers qualified for the SDWCA State Youth Wrestling Tournament to be held in Sioux Falls on March 20th–22nd. The top three wrestlers from each weight class in all age divisions advanced to the State tournament, except for the 14U division, wh

Grifin Wiebenga takes the shot during SoDak 16 play in Spearfish and Jaycie Babb powers up for the score in the girls’ SoDak 16 match-up against Harrisburg.         =For the first time since moving to Class AA, both the Tea Area High School girls and boys have punched their ticket to the State Tournament.  The Titan girls got things done on Friday, Mar. 6 defeating Harrisburg at home 66-60 in the SoDak 16 to advance and the Titan boys got things done on Saturday, Mar. 7 defea

The Tea Youth Wrestling Club participated in the District AAU Wrestling Tournament on Mar. 7 in Lennox. A total of 436 wrestlers competed from Tea, Brandon Valley, West Central, Lennox, Parker, and five Sioux Falls schools. Out of the 90 Titan wrestlers who participated, Tea placed 81 wrestlers in the top eight. Each of these wrestlers qualified for the Region 5 Tournament, which will be held at Sioux Falls Washington High School on Saturday, Mar. 14. This group includes 24 f

The Tea Area School Board met March 9. Business manager Chris Esping presented information on the Reliabank line of credit for emergencies. She noted they have never had to use it in the past. The board tabled the five-year capital outlay plan until a special meeting on March 23. The board approved the membership agreement with the LTTW Co-op of South Dakota food buying group for foodservice. The board approved the resignations of Samantha Smith from the autism program at Ven

The Lincoln County Board of Commissioners met on Tuesday, March 3, in the Lincoln County Boardroom. With all members present, the commission heard agenda items including court scanning, ambulance service, and bid awards.  Commission Assistant Paul Anderson introduced Carl Thomas, Court Administrator, who requested that the commission consider a motion to split the 50% cost share of the Lincoln County Clerk of Courts’ scanning project with the Unified Justice System.  “As you

The Tea Area Community Foundation (TACF) is accepting grant applications now until March 27th from Tea area non-profit organizations. Up to $15,000 is available and grants will be awarded in April.   This is the 21st year the TACF, an endowment fund of the Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation, is able to provide grants to non-profit organizations with plans for projects that will benefit and enhance the quality of life for residents of the Tea area community.  Projects must