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 ...

PIERRE — Tony Venhuizen, a longtime fixture in South Dakota state government, was formally and warmly welcomed to his role as lieutenant governor of the state. Venhuizen, 42, took up the Senate gavel ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — It’s Wednesday, January 29. Take a look at our top stories in news and weather with KELOLAND On The GO First@4. The gossip in the halls of the Capitol proved right. Tony ...

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) – Republican Lt. Governor Tony Venhuizen said he was one of the 517 registered Republican voters contacted by Emerson College polling to answer questions for the ...

PIERRE, S.D. (KELO) — What had gone around once before came around again Tuesday afternoon, as the South Dakota Senate argued whether to make permanent the 4.2% temporary sales and use tax rate. How ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — Governor Larry Rhoden announced a major public safety initiative on Monday in Sioux Falls. Rhoden was joined by state, federal, city, and county law enforcement leaders, ...

South Dakota lawmakers have received 13 proposals for places to build a new men's prison. Eight proposed sites are located in or around the Sioux Falls area. Having the 13 proposals on the table ...

On February 20, the South Dakota Senate considered Senate Bill 218, a measure to authorize publicly funded charter schools in the state. The vote resulted in a 17-17 tie, with Lt. Governor Tony ...