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 ...

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 ...

The South Dakota Legislature confirmed Tony Venhuizen as the 40th lieutenant governor of South Dakota on Thursday. Gov. Larry Rhoden named Venhuizen as his pick during a press conference on Wednesday.

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 ...

Tony Venhuizen, who’s served as chief of staff for the two previous governors and most recently has been a state representative for three years, is Gov. Larry Rhoden’s choice to be South ...

The price estimate for the northeastern Sioux Falls prison complex is $725 million. That’s $100 million less than a 1,500-bed ...

Nearly 150,000 South Dakotans are enrolled in Medicaid, including nearly 30,000 through the expansion. Venhuizen said if Congress reduces the match rate from 90% to 80%, South Dakota could be ...

South Dakota Rep. Tony Venhuizen is set to become the next lieutenant governor of South Dakota. Gov. Larry Rhoden announced his selection of Venhuizen, who lives in Sioux Falls and represents ...

Republican former Gov. Dennis Daugaard made an endorsement Monday in next year’s race for governor, but not for the ticket ...

The Project Prison Reset Task Force held its final meeting Tuesday, eliminating Mitchell and Worthing from consideration and narrowing the search for South Dakota’s new state prison to two sites in ...

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 ...