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The Tea Area Community Foundation recently awarded nearly $9,000 in grants to help local nonprofit organizations. “Our endowment fund continues to grow because of strong community support, allowing us to award grants for a variety of exceptional projects and causes that will truly make an impact,” the TACF announced. “Interest in our grants was exceptionally high, with applications far exceeding the amount of money that was available.” The TACF typically presents the grants to recipients...

Tea Community Food Distribution Feb. 25 Food Response team began providing supplemental food to members of the community in need. At that time it was a subcommittee of the Tea Area Food Pantry. Although the stress of Covid continues to affect a large group, the reality is that food insecurity in the area is something that will likely not go away. According to feedingsouthdakota.org, food insecurity refers to USDA’s measure of lack of access, at times, to enough food for an active, healthy lif...

Family owned sanitation business finding success in Tea Ruby and Justin Zuraff of Tea, South Dakota have been operating Roo’s Sanitation business out of Tea for the last four years. While some might not be too excited about starting their own business or diving into the sanitation business it has worked out well for the Zuraff family. Justin Zuraff grew up with parents who ran their own business, that inspired him to own his own business one day. Zuraff never knew what he wanted to do but a...

Two healthcare workers share COVID-19 vaccine experience South Dakota received its first shipments of COVID-19 vaccines in December. According to the state’s COVID-19 vaccination plan, those first doses were for individuals in priority group Phase 1A, which included frontline healthcare workers and long-term care facility workers. Independent Publishing Reporter Crystal Dickelman, who also works full-time in healthcare, qualified. “Frontline workers everywhere were given the option to rec...