Gov. Larry Rhoden announced state House Representative Tony Venhuizen from Sioux Falls as his Lieutenant Governor pick during a news conference Wednesday morning.

Venhuizen, a former chief of staff to Governor Dennis Daugaard, was sworn in immediately after the votes and will now serve as President of the Senate.

PIERRE — South Dakota Republican legislative leaders are still planning to push forward with school choice legislation after ...

There was a time when newly-sworn-in South Dakota Gov. Larry Rhoden was in awe to have had an interaction with the governor ...

The South Dakota Senate Select Committee on the Nomination of the Lt. Governor voted unanimously yesterday (Wednesday) to confirm Tony Venhuizen as lieutenant governor. Gov. Larry Rhoden selected ...

South Dakota Gov. Larry Rhoden did not deviate greatly from Noem's executive agenda, but there are early differences between ...

The South Dakota Senate Select Committee on the Nomination for Lt. Governor moved Tony Venhuizen’s lieutenant governor nomination to the full Senate Wednesday (Jan. 29, 2025) with a 5-0 vote. Gov.

RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA) - Governor Rhoden has tapped now former Rep. Tony Venhuizen to take his former Lt. Governor Post.

PIERRE, S.D. — The South Dakota House of Representatives advanced a bill 49–19 that would ban the use of eminent domain for carbon dioxide pipelines, sending the legislation to the state Senate ...

Lawmakers in the House Education Committee shot down former Gov. Kristi Noem’s proposed $4 million education savings account program and a similar, competing proposal Wednesday morning at the ...

A Sioux Falls legislator and longtime presence in Republican politics, Tony Venhuizen, is Gov. Larry Rhoden’s pick for lieutenant governor.

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 Venhuizen, who’s served as ...