AUBURN â As a juvenile probation officer, Kelly Mattes typically does not see the successful cases on which she has worked.
âI donât get to see the kids that succeed, because nobody comes to the probation department unless they have to,â she said with a smile.
âWe donât see the successes. Our success is if we donât see them again.â
Mattes has served as an officer with the DeKalb County Probation Department for 25 years and was recognized for her quarter-century of service by the Indiana Supreme Court Judicial Conference of Indiana. Mattes received a certificate noting the honor during a presentation May 6 in DeKalb Circuit Court.