Tyler Woodring cemented his legacy as one of the greatest wrestlers in Tea Area High School history, capturing the 138-pound Class A State Championship at the SDHSAA State Wrestling Tournament held Feb. 26-28 at the Denny Sanford Premier Center. Woodring’s title run was the exclamation point on a flawless senior season — and a historic career. The Tea Area standout completed his second consecutive undefeated season, finishing 46-0 this season. He closed his high school career

The Titans wrapped up their regular season last week, falling to Sioux Falls Washington 66-58 on Feb. 24 and to Marshall, 53-51 on Thursday, Feb. 26.  “It’s been a very disappointing last few games to say the least. We are competing against the best teams in our state and regardless of the opponent’s record, everyone has a lot of talent and can beat anyone in any game,” said Titan head coach Drew Weber. “It’s been a hectic few weeks around AA and we have been one of the teams

The Tea Area High School girls’ basketball team ended their regular season with a 65-39 loss to Sioux Falls Washington on Feb. 24. Tea Area trailed early and were unable to battle back. For the Titans, Natalie Gass scored ten points, had one rebound and one assist. Jayna VanLaecken finished with nine points, four rebounds, two assists and one steal. Ellie Clayberg also scored nine points in the game, hitting three three-pointers. Both Anna Binde and Emma Lingren scored five p

The Tea Area High School Educators Rising Chapter delivered a record-setting performance at the annual state conference held Feb. 22-23 at Black Hills State University in Spearfish. Educators Rising is a state Career and Technical Student Organization (CTSO) that provides students interested in entering the education field with opportunities to explore teaching careers. South Dakota Educators Rising is affiliated with the National Educators Rising organization. Each year, the

The Tea City Council met March 2 and approved two ordinances. The council held two public hearings on ordinances. No one from the public was present to comment. City community development director Albert Schmidt said they did not have any changes from the first reading on ordinance 335, zoning ordinance. They approved the ordinance 335. In R-1, the ordinance updates it to have permitted special uses already in the ordinance rather than people having to come in for conditional

The Lincoln County Board of Commissioners met on Tuesday, February 24 in the Lincoln County Boardroom.  Todd Meierhenry representing Augustana University as borrowers council in the transaction, was present for a public hearing regarding a Resolution giving approval to a project with Augustana University Association (the “Corporation”); and giving approval and authorization for the issuance of Economic Development Revenue Bonds, Series 2026 (Augustana University Association P

On Thursday,  Feb. 19 the Tea Area High School girls’ basketball team took on Marshall and suffered the 70—42 loss.  With the loss Tea Area ended a three-game home win streak. Marshall came in with a 21-4 record and is ranked fourth in Minnesota. That evening also marked senior night for Tea Area with seniors Natalie Gass, Ellie Clayberg, Anna Binde and Jaycie Babb all honored prior to tip-off (pictured above).  On Friday, Feb. 20 the Titans traveled to Yankton and suffered t

Eight Titan boys punched their ticket to the State Tournament. They are pictured above and include, from left to right, (back row): Trevor Cordell, Jaeden Waltner, Jeremiah Wilgers, Slater Wilson, Kade Eimers, Aaron Halbur; (front row): Tyler Woodring and Trevin Audiss. Two Titan girls punched their ticket to State (from left to right): Aliyah Steveson and Emery Voelker.  The Region 1A championship performances highlighted a strong showing for the Tea Area High School wrestli

History enthusiast and 30 year civil war reenactor, Dave Renli is looking for community support for a Lincoln County Historical Society. Dave Renli first began learning of the history of Lincoln County while listening to stories from loved ones.  “My family is from Lincoln County, and I always heard stories of the olden days that fascinated me and have always stuck with me through my life,” Renli said. Renli’s passion for history grew as he began his professional career as a

The Tea Area School Board held their regular board meeting on Feb. 16 and a special meeting on Feb. 19. At the special meeting, the board met for more than 2 hours in executive session before approving a motion allowing the superintendent to develop an assistant superintendent position that includes such responsibilities as curriculum, instruction and assessment. At the Feb. 16 meeting, superintendent Tonia Warzecha recognized Oliver Smith for receiving a perfect score on the