Project Prison Reset’s task force is set to focus on 14 options for new prison facilities in South Dakota. The group is ...

The questions have had South Dakota taxpayers’ attention for some time: where might a new prison go and what might the ...

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 ...

Tony Venhuizen, a longtime fixture in South Dakota state government, was formally and warmly welcomed to his role as ...

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 ...

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.

Rep. Tony Venhuizen, R-Sioux Falls, speaks at a podium on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025, in the Mount Rushmore Room in the State Capitol in Pierre after Gov. Larry Rhoden announced him as lieutenant ...

Tony Venhuizen, a senior adviser to Gov. Kristi Noem, is leaving the Governor's Office for a Sioux Falls law firm. Venhuizen is headed to the Redstone Law Firm beginning June 3, where he will ...

Venhuizen, who lives in Sioux Falls, had represented parts of Lincoln County and Minnehaha County in District 13. The Senate and House approved the appointment unanimously.

Two Sioux Falls area lawmakers helped create the state budget that will allow for the courts to hire new judges and support staff. Sioux Falls area to benefit from increased budgeting for the ...

Venhuizen said he's not aiming to replace either, but rather he feels his approach to pro-life, pro-family and pro-liberty politics and governing will serve Sioux Falls and South Dakota well.