Charles and Heather Maude no longer face the threat of a prison sentence but three months after the announcement in ...

Gov. Larry Rhoden has opened up about why he and former Gov. Kristi Noem worked quietly on the Maude family case.

Charles and Heather Maude, whose fourth-generation cattle ranch and hog farm sit on the edge of South Dakota’s Badlands, were set to go on trial on July 25 over a routine property line dispute ...

The Stomprud Angus Ranch near Mud Butte is South Dakota’s 2025 Leopold Conservation Award winner. The SD Grassland Coalition ...

Charles, Heather, Lyle and Kennedy Maude, owners and operators of Maude Hog and Cattle, a diversified farm and ranch located in western South Dakota. The U.S. Forest Service is denying it ...

South Dakota ranchers Heather and Charles Maude participate in a press conference on April 30, 2025, in Washington, D.C., with their children behind them and their lawyer, Brett Tolman, at right.

Heather Maude delivers remarks at a press conference at the U.S. Department of Agriculture on April 30, in Washington, D.C.

At Wednesday's press conference, Heather Maude thanked Rollins, acting South Dakota Gov. Larry Rhoden and Rep. Harriet Hageman, R-Wyo., among others, as well as farm journalists who first ...

RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA) - Tuesday afternoon, the U.S. Department of Agriculture stated that the Trump Administration was dropping criminal charges against Charles and Heather Maude, a ranching ...

Maude family hosted by U.S. Secretary of Ag in Washington On April 30, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, Brooke Rollins hosted Charles and Heather Maude at the U.S. Department of Agriculture ...