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 ... with no deliberation. New Gov. Larry Rhoden announced his selection of the Sioux Falls lawmaker on Wednesday. Venhuizen became the ...

The leader of the Native nonprofit NDN Collective said his organization opposes the new South Dakota governor’s invitation earlier this week to President Donald Trump to visit Mount Rushmore for ...

Rhoden is now the 34th governor of South Dakota, in accordance with the state's constitution, serving through the end of Noem's current term in 2026. He did not immediately choose a new lieutenant ...