Judge John Thelen will retire in August after 10 years serving Northeast Central Judicial District

Judge John Thelen will retire in August after 10 years serving Northeast Central Judicial District

GRAND FORKS — Closing out his career with judgeship is not something District Judge John Thelen anticipated when he began practicing law in 1981 and, at times, he has questioned making such a leap decades into his career. "I've always felt that the position might have been a bridge too far at times — from the point of view of the complexity of some of the cases that get assigned to you," he said. "But fear of failure is a great motivator, and so…

District Judge said it was a 'nasty' offence with a business not getting paid for work

A man said he was taking a lorry for a test drive after it had been left in for repairs but he made off and failed to pay the bill of £1,416.