Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tony Venhuizen speaks to the media on Jan. 29, 2025, at the South Dakota Capitol in Pierre after he was announced as Gov. Larry ...

South Dakota Lt. Gov. Tony Venhuizen participates in his swearing-in ceremony Jan. 30, 2025, at the Capitol in Pierre. (Joshua Haiar/South Dakota Searchlight) The South Dakota Legislature voted ...

PIERRE — A Sioux Falls-based lawmaker will be the right-hand of South Dakota Gov. Larry Rhoden. Rhoden announced Wednesday morning at the State Capitol in Pierre that Rep. Tony Venhuizen, R-Sioux ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) – South Dakota has a new lieutenant governor. On Wednesday, Republican Gov. Larry Rhoden named current Republican Rep. Tony Venhuizen as the No. 2 in the executive office in ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — The two are already a team, and now, Gov. Larry Rhoden has made it official for the 2026 election. Rhoden has officially filed the paperwork for Lt. Gov. Tony Venhuizen to ...

Gov. Larry Rhoden appointed Jack Kolbeck, a former state senator from Sioux Falls, to the open South Dakota House seat for District 13, which includes portions of Lincoln and Minnehaha counties.

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — The questions have had South Dakota taxpayers’ attention for some time: where might a new prison go and what might the facility or facilities cost? Answers might come into ...

Tony Venhuizen is officially lieutenant governor for the state of South Dakota. The Sioux Falls Republican was officially sworn in Thursday afternoon. Venhuizen’s nomination was unanimously approved ...

There’s a chance the new men’s prison could get located somewhere other than the greater Sioux Falls area. Widespread public opposition to a proposed 1,500-bed, $825 million, men’s prison in a field ...