Meeker County is one of a number of counties in Minnesota facing a lawsuit as a result of strip searching inmates as they arrive at jail.

The Minneapolis legal firm of Kaplan, Robbins and Ciresi has been representing plaintiffs in a number of legal actions against counties across the state.

At least one county, Mille Lacs, has reached a settlement involving a cash payment.

A 26-year-old Sacred Heart man has pleaded guilty to two felony counts of aggravated robbery stemming from separate Meeker County robberies last summer.

James Nicholas Dahlager entered his plea March 26 in Meeker County District Court. His sentencing is scheduled for May 28.

A Willmar man was sentenced to prison time stemming from an accidental shooting that injured a Litchfield woman.

Brandon Mead, 22, pleaded guilty to dangerous weapon discharge after a Nov. 15 incident in which a woman was struck by the bullet after it traveled through an interior wall of her residence, according to Litchfield Police. The woman had non-life threatening injuries.

A Litchfield man who is a convicted sex offender will make his first appearance in Meeker County District Court Wednesday, March 26 after a Feb. 26 standoff with law enforcement.

Thomas Warren Pitts, 28, was charged Feb. 27 with second-degree assault and possession of a weapon, following a standoff with Meeker County Sheriff deputies at a rural Litchfield residence.

A Grove City man was sentenced to jail time Monday after a car accident that killed a passenger.

Damon Lance Remmel, 35, pleaded guilty Feb. 7 in Meeker County District Court to criminal vehicular homicide operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol, stemming from a November 2006 accident.

The Olivia teen charged with making threats against students at Atwater-Cosmos-Grove City Junior-Senior High School was sentenced to six months of probation in Renville County Court Monday.

Cozy Lynn Schick, 18, of Olivia, pled guilty to a gross misdemeanor charge of facilitating access to a computer security system in December after authorities traced online threats of violence at the school back to Schick. According to the complaint, Schick hacked into another teenager’s MySpace.com account and sent threatening messages to ACGC students and a teacher in October.

A Watkins man was charged in Meeker County District Court Wednesday after allegedly abusing his 3-month-old daughter.

The Minnesota State Court of Appeals will hear oral arguments on a claim by the Friends of Lake Minnie Belle that the Meeker County Board was in error in voting that an environmental impact statement

Former Meeker County Sheriff’s investigator Roberts Hall Pace III pleaded guilty to unauthorized computer access Sept. 25 in Meeker County District Court.

Even with necessary permits in hand, legal battles continue for Minnesota Pipeline Co. and its proposed crude oil pipeline.