Saturday was a big day for South Dakota with the second person from the state to ever serve in a Presidential cabinet and a new Governor.

The newly appointed Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem delivers remarks to her staff for the first time Tuesday afternoon.

On a face-numbingly frigid afternoon last week, Gov. Kristi Noem used a farewell address to South Dakotans to warn of an “invasion” far away from the state’s windswept prairies and freedom-loving farmers.

The former South Dakota governor was read the oath by Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. The ceremony came after earlier Saturday the Senate voted to confirm Noem in a 59-34 vote.

President-elect Trump's pick to lead the Department of Homeland Security will face her confirmation hearing on Wednesday, where illegal immigration is likely to be a top topic.

President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to be the next Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary, Kristi Noem, got into a tense exchange with Connecticut Senator Richard Blumenthal (D) during her Senate confirmation hearing on Friday.

Kristi Noem, South Dakota's firebrand Republican governor, faced questioning Friday at her confirmation hearing to be secretary of homeland security. Noem, the daughter of a farmer and a former representative from South Dakota, is being questioned before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.

When it comes to immigration, which normally falls under the Department of Homeland Security, Kristi Noem would take direction from two other people, sources tell NBC News.

Noem would be just the second South Dakotan to serve in a Presidential Cabinet position, the first being Clinton Anderson of Centerville who served as the Sec. of Agriculture under President Truman.

RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA) - South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem has been confirmed as the next secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) following a Senate vote on Saturday morning.

Current South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem wants CISA to be “refocused” on critical infrastructure and to no longer address mis- or disinformation efforts online.

Kristi Noem, the firebrand South Dakota governor, is set to go before the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs for her confirmation hearing to be the Secretary of Homeland Security.