From left, Lt. Gov. Tony Venhuizen, Ryan Brunner of the Governor's Office, and Corrections Secretary Kellie Wasko listen to testimony at a Project Prison Reset meeting on April 29, 2025, in ...

PIERRE, S.D. (KELO) — In the South Dakota Capitol on the morning of September 23, the state’s lieutenant governor, Tony Venhuizen, will make the short walk up the carpeted steps to reach the rostrum ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) – A decision on what will replace the South Dakota State Penitentiary will not happen in July during a special session as Gov. Larry Rhoden requested earlier this year. Lt.

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — Eventually, a new men’s prison will go up in Sioux Falls. But conversations about how better days can follow a sentence will take place well before then. South Dakota ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Two years after approving a tough-on-crime sentencing law, South Dakota is scrambling to deal with the price tag for that legislation: Housing thousands of additional inmates ...

PIERRE, S.D. (KELO) — Gov. Larry Rhoden took an unusual step this week and turned his weekly column over to Lt. Gov. Tony Venhuizen. Venhuizen used the opportunity to publicly call for lawmakers to ...

SPRINGFIELD — South Dakota needs a new prison. How large it ought to be or where are open questions, but a work group appointed to “reset” discussions on a new men’s prison agreed on that much Tuesday ...