Rhoden's family lined the northwest wall, while the members of the press stood behind a perimeter in the middle of the room and other attendees behind them. Jensen welcomed the ceremony members to ...

Larry Rhoden. (Courtesy of South Dakota Public Broadcasting) Mr. Chief Justice, honorable members of the Supreme Court, Lt. Governor Venhuizen, senators, legislators, constitutional officers, family, ...

And she read a poem, The Fate of the Black Walnut Tree, that First Lady Sandy Rhoden had written. It’s about a tree that had stood for decades on the family ranch in Meade County. After the tree ...

“I’m very seriously considering that possibility.” Rhoden said he was taking steps to at least keep that “possibility very open.” One of those steps was to file a name change for his ...

Rhoden: Well, there was one step in there after high school I went to, my plan was to be on the family ranch. I was the youngest son. And typically, a lot of times on the ranch, the youngest son ...

Larry Rhoden, the right-hand man of South Dakota's first female governor, Kristi Noem, has officially succeeded to the state's highest office. Rhoden, formerly the 39th lieutenant governor of ...