The Biden-era prosecution of fifth-generation South Dakota ranchers over a 75-year-old fence line came to an end Wednesday.

Heather and Charles Maude are ranchers from the Caputa area. Federal prosecutors recently dropped land theft charges against ...

Charles and Heather Maude were subject to a "politically charged" prosecution under the Biden administration, the Trump ...

The Trump Administration has announced that they are dropping charges over a land dispute against a West River South Dakota ...

South Dakota ranchers Charles and Heather Maude had been accused of improperly using Forest Service land. The charges were ...

South Dakota ranchers Charles and Heather Maude visited the U.S. Department of Agriculture headquarters after criminal ...

South Dakota’s Maude family took center stage Wednesday, April 30, 2025, in a Washington, D.C., press conference to announce ...

Ranchers and their elected representatives have won a major battle. The federal government dropped criminal charges against ...

The federal government has dropped criminal charges against S.D. ranchers Charles and Heather Maude, ending a high-profile ...

The Trump administration has dropped criminal charges against a South Dakota family accused of improperly using Forest ...

The federal land dispute with the Maude family, who live near Caputa, began in 2024 over a fence line that the USDA said was ...

Ranchers Charles and Heather Maude had been separately charged with government trespass for a fence line on their property ...