Between 160 and 190 aircraft — more than double the number of an average Tuesday — typically arrive at the Sun Valley ...

Tony Venhuizen, a longtime fixture in South Dakota state government, ... three weeks when I get back to Sioux Falls and I get back to my normal life, I will still be involved with his family.

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

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

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — Tony Venhuizen resigned as a member of the South Dakota Board of Regents on Tuesday, the board said in a news release on Tuesday. Venhuizen was elected in November to ...

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.

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 ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — South Dakota has a new Lt Governor, and he is no stranger to Pierre. Most recently, Tony Venhuizen represented District 13 in the State House of Representatives, wh… ...

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 ...

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.

SIOUX FALLS — South Dakota can’t build the prison it needs at the price it wants without sacrificing quality and longevity.

Other former chiefs of staff to turn legislators include Dave Knudson and Ron Williamson, both former lawmakers from Sioux Falls who served as former Gov. Bill Janklow's chief of staff. Venhuizen ...