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of Yankton joked.
• Janklow died Jan. 12 of brain cancer at age 72. In addition to being South Dakota's longest-serving governor, he also was state attorney general from 1975 to 1979, and a U.S. House member in 2003 before resigning after being involved in a crash that killed a motorcyclist.
• Russ Janklow said donations have already been received to pay for the portraits, which will be painted by Watertown artist Joshua Spies, who was a friend of the former governor. Spies said he couldn't predict how long it would take to complete the paintings.
• "It's a big deal. It means the world to me that they've put their trust in me to create something that generations to come will be able to see in the Capitol," Spies said.

• Paul Kinsman, commissioner of the state Bureau of Administration, said there is very little space left on the walls where former governors' portraits are hung, but putting the paintings closer together will provide space for both Janklow portraits and those of a few more governors.
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