Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz appointed Meriel Lester, current assistant chief in the Stearns County Attorney’s Office criminal ...

LITTLE FALLS — Gov. Tim Walz on Tuesday, June 24, announced the appointment of Meriel Lester as a district court judge in ...

A top prosecutor in the Stearns County Attorney's Office is leaving her post to become a judge. Minnesota Governor Tim Walz ...

Meriel Lester works in the Criminal Division of the Stearns County Attorney’s Office, where she has dealt extensively in ...

Gov. Tim Walz has appointed Meriel Lester as a District Court judge in Minnesota's Seventh Judicial District. A press release ...

(KNSI) – A Stearns County prosecutor is exchanging her business attire for a black robe after being named to a judgeship in ...

Diaz will argue for 18 years in prison, according to Meriel Lester, assistant chief in the criminal division of the Stearns County Attorney's Office. Stearns County will seek the statutory maximum ...

To be eligible to have a case transferred to the specialized court, the charge must be a felony intimate partner violence offense, said Meriel Lester, an assistant chief of the criminal division ...