Well, now wait a gosh darn minute... Who are they investigating??? I believe this has something to do with the officer who got into the wrong email account? SOOOO, how did you get to attorney to child support?? Hey I am not bashing what you said... (As prior comments I have made on this website have been commented on!) So don't go all crazy on me before I have said my peace... I have been a single mother for going on 21 years, and the county child support did "NOTHING" for me... If I wanted something done, I had to contact them, and then they would advise me not to make the choice I made.... GO FIGURE.. Needless to say "God Rest His Soul, Wayne Brix!" He was a "HELL" of a mentor for me and my son to fight for my son's rights. But funny when my son was "abused" (with photos taken by police) they would do nothing more then talk to the "X"... Well DUH what good did that do? I learned you are better off calling the State, or better off yet ask workers for the # for advocates for Child Support. I am sorry to say I no longer have the number or I would post it here. But if you are really interested email me @ bwshoutz@xtratyme.com and I will get the number for you from someone else who has it.
Best of luck in Child Support issues in Meeker, I have been told this is the worst county in MN... I am both for and against the mother and father.. Go figure that one out, but it depends on the situation. I know parents on both ends of the scale and have helped them both out... Again this FBI situation most likely doesn't have anything to deal with Support, but I agree I would love to see it investigated....

I agree with all here, I know there are some legal officials who push the envelope because of who they are. I hope the "investigation" leads to some cleaning up of this town from the inside, it needs it.

First I would like to say I am proud of the Independent Review. It wasn't so many years ago that the closest place to get information on a news story like this would have been the West Central Tribune. It looks like we finally have a paper that is not a pawn of the local government. Thanks for that.

Now perhaps this is the wrong thread to continue the Child Support conversation in, but I have a couple of comments to make. I pay child support through Meeker county. I have never in my life been treated with such disrespect.

The staff there are not there to help you, they are there to make your life a living hell. My ex who receives the child support has also had the same experiences on her end. We are to the point of dropping all child support on the books because of how improffesional and arrogant the staff there are. I think a full fledged investigation should be launched into all the case files and case workers in that office. I can think of multiple points of misconduct in my own dealings with them.

I think you guys are going to be disappointed if you think Social Services is going to get a house cleaning over this. This investiagation is law enforcement related or the FBI would have been at the social services building, not the police/sheriff station.

The FBI was all over every building in Meeker County. Trust me, Social Services is part of the issue there, among others. They all work together to frame people and let the real criminals go when they know the friendly judge. If the FBI had that many agents that we KNEW of, there were even more that were not made public.
I'm with Lori on this one; the illegal activity happening there is unbelieveable and many, many people are going to be very shocked over what will come out after this investigation.

I think the investigation is probably limited to the Sheriffs department, and possibly the prosecuting attorneys also. Who knows though? There is just too little information as of yet to assume anything.

I highly doubt that Social Services is being investigated because they have basically free reign to intimidate, abuse and degrade anyone they deal with, even in the eyes of the law. That's the problem, they are not regulated enough by the state of MN, who is technically their overseer.

Does anyone on the Independent staff have any more info on this?? I haven't seen them chime in here to put us at ease . . I guess we all need to be patient and see what comes out of this, I hate to say it, but I hope something is found. Hopefully in the next weeks to come there will be a good article released.

Interesting comment, QuestionableElectionResults! I heard a story over the weekend that points in the same direction. You would think it would be hard to get away with ballot box stuffing in todays world, ....maybe not hard in Meeker Co? I do know one fact....this investigation is the talk of the town. Go to a bar or restaurant and you will find out!

There are to many horrific stories involving social service that i have heard. My kids are grown up ,and married . It concerns me that we have officials that treat people with such disrespect. I think we as a community need to not let this happen anymore. I think we need a town meeting. I also think during the day we need to honk when we go by the court house. This will let our officials know were thinking of them , and dam it we want answers

The fbi I think opened a pandora's box in our home town. Well if we cant get answers from our officials. We need to be prepared for our town to be under a microscope for many years to come. We the people need a change. Corruption comes from years of no change. I know for a fact that also many citizens were interviewed also by the fbi. On lost or misplaced evidence in many rape cases. I cant help but wonder how many lives our department has ruined. I think we need a big broom and begin sweeping the court house and social service building .

They say that less than 5% of the population was for the American revolution. We need independence from our officials. Thanks for all the emails i have gotten from people and the stories. I will froward them to the Fbi. Lets let them hear all our voices. We need to rescue this world from corrupt cops and judges

I believe the cops and other citizens were trying to do something about it the best they could. I dont know how long you have been around, but think back to the last several elections and the issues that were brought up. Do you think that those employees and citizens were trying to tell us something all those years??? My thought is YES, they were. The issues were raised and no one seemed to listen or care and wrote it off as disgruntled employees. The cop that may suspect something is wrong or corrupt also runs the risk of losing their job or being singled out if they are wrong or dont have proof. It is partially our own fault, we (the citizens) kept electing the same person over and over.....It is unfair to blame all the other cops. Blame the person(s) truly at fault.

friendofsociety: Are you saying that someone has recently been arrested?

Oh, yes, of course. That makes sense. Thank you.

I beg to differ. First of all, These people are hardly illiterate, nor is this hardly a "hobby" for us to have to accept that there is a group of people working for the pubilc that are this corrupt and awful.
Hundreds of people that have had to deal with this county, whether child support or another branch, have been mistreated terribly. There is not someone that is monitoring the officces there on a regular basis. If there was, many of the things that occur there would not be happening still.
I know that the county works together with the child support offices to frame people and make their lives miserable. I've seen it happen for the past 5 years. Not to mention, these people could have had the "awful citizens" out of their lives, but the county continues to hurt and harass them even when child support is not an issue any longer.
I think as more information comes to light during and after the FBI's investigation you will begin to see what terrible things have happened to very average, trusting individuals.

Like I said "Clueless"

You say you know the county works with child support to frame people. Do you realize how ridiculously stupid that sounds? You honestly believe there are that many corrupt people to carry out this conspiracy you dreamed up. You are obviously delusional and schizophrenic.

When it comes to the state monitoring the child support offices I believe there are annual state audits of all the child support offices throughout the state.

As far as law enforcement I don't know what sort of checks and balances there is but I do know anyone in law enforcement has a ton of paperwork they have to do everyday to ensure their public trust is not compromised.

I do agree corruption can happen anywhere but not on the scale you believe it is in this county. This is only an investigation which may or may not lead to charges.

I'm sure if there are no charges filed you will probably say the FBI is in on it to or that the so called corrupt people in the county did a good job of covering up.

Well gee Bagger, that was rude.. If you have ever dealt with Social Services you might be understanding more.. Not EVERYONE is treated fairly. I mentioned my personal experiences on here, and I am sorry you don't see that as justifiable as to not having my case taken seriously. You weren't there to observe what happened in my situation, so please don't cast stones without knowing these people's personal stories.
We are not delusional or schizophrenic! Maybe you are right on certain points, I am pretty sure they are not investigating the Social Service dept, but isn't this space on this website for people to talk about what they are feeling and thinking? Well what governs us to be wrong and you to be right??? We are just average Joe's who don't agree with how our cases were handled.
While I agree also that the Social Services are monitored by the State each year, please remember they don't investigate EVERY case, just a few in each area. So what about the ones that aren't checked? Those are the ones that slide through the cracks.
Please refrain from the name calling.
What happened to the Spirit of Christmas? Love is the true meaning of Christmas.

Hopefully the FBI can get to the bottom and no one will have to suffer and the people that are in denial can see the truth of the matter.

First of all Bagger.Freedom of speech is the concept of being able to speak freely without censorship liberal democracies. The right to freedom of speech is guaranteed under international law through numerous human rights instruments, notably under Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and Article 10 . Pull you head from your but. Second of all. Justice in Meeker County , or justice for personal reasons. Here is a story that was emailed to me along with 45 other emails about Meeker county. A man works construction for many years. One day he has a bobcat run his leg over. He breaks it in 5 places. He has pins placed in his leg. He has a child support order in Meeker county. He walks in after rehab to child support. Wants to talk to his case worker on lowering his child support. They first of all tell him to come back Friday. He is unable to because his ride cant. He does the wrong thing and swears at them. They tell him to get a lawyer and pay for court fees. The man does this. He goes to court tells his story to the magistrate. 30 days later he gets a decision . Instead of lowering it they double it. So now the man cant pay his child support. So now the county takes his drivers license away. He gets busted going to rehab. So now he is a criminal. The honorable judge fines him and tells him to take the bus to rehab. Well I don't know Eden valley well but iam sure there are no busses running from there. He loses his workers comp cause he cant rehab. Now this person walks with a limp.THAT'S JUSTICE!!!!!! He did get a settlement from this but had to give most of it to child support. Tell me this bagger does child support get a percent of what they collect? Is this true the same magistrate has been with this county for years? Well I will give you the answer yes and yes. I guess this is Meeker county justice.

ps This man now walks with a cane and the honorable judge a magistrate rule the roost but no corruption here

Your read my mind, friendofsociety!

And your story brought tears to my eyes--not only because it reads as a carbon copy of my friend's story (so close, it's scary), but also because now that man will suffer for the rest of his life at the cost of this horrid county. I pray every day that justice will be brought to these people so no other citizen has to endure this pain.

I just hope something good comes out of this investigation. I like alot of people wish it was about child support and the lovely people in social services but im sure its not. The people in meeker county that have been wronged by your meeker couty officals i am one of you for the people that havent been hope you never are. I am not going to get my hopes up we can hope and wonder all we want but in reality all we can do is wait.