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The Good Life – March-April 2019

Featuring fitness trainer Jake Haile. Local Hero - F-M Ambulance, Having a Beer with Travis Hopkins, Scuba Recovery and more in Fargo Moorhead's only men's magazine.

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WRITTEN BY: BEN HANSON • PHOTOS BY: URBAN TOAD MEDIA<br />

THE MAN<br />

BEHIND THE BENCH<br />

A Glimpse Into <strong>Life</strong> as a District Court Judge<br />

While much of the greater Fargo-<br />

Moorhead area was shut down or<br />

closing early for the day, the Cass<br />

County Courthouse in Fargo was<br />

open for business as usual in spite<br />

of the record cold snap that had<br />

gripped the region that last week<br />

of January <strong>2019</strong>. It was so cold,<br />

the city called off garbage pickup<br />

for the day. Even the post office<br />

pulled its drivers off the road. So<br />

much for their motto, unofficial as<br />

it may be.<br />

When it’s that cold — cold enough<br />

to keep the biggest, toughest trucks<br />

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confined to their heated garages<br />

— you’d think a hot cup of coffee<br />

wouldn’t raise a bit of suspicion.<br />

You would think.<br />

“Can’t let that coffee cup inside,”<br />

said the unnamed guard just doing<br />

her job. “It’s metal. Can’t bring it<br />

in. But you can leave it here and<br />

grab it on your way out.”<br />

Sure, who needs warmth or<br />

comfort inside a courthouse<br />

when it’s minus thirty outside?<br />

Thankfully, up on the third floor<br />

inside District Court Judge Steven<br />

Marquart’s chambers, the mood<br />

was friendly and the good judge<br />

was a welcoming host eager to<br />

share some stories.<br />

Starting Out … On the Campaign<br />

Trail<br />

It makes perfect sense that a<br />

judge was at one time a trial<br />

attorney, standing before the<br />

bench representing his clients. It<br />

feels altogether counterintuitive,<br />

however, to learn that the same<br />

judge was also at one point a<br />

candidate who had to campaign

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