WEST OLIVE, Mich. — The eight new members of the Ottawa County Board of Commissioners had run for office promising to “thwart tyranny” in their lakeside Michigan community of 300,000 people.
In a thriving Michigan county, a community goes to war with itself
Ottawa County offers a glimpse of what happens when one of the building blocks of American democracy is consumed by ideological battles
By Greg Jaffe
and April 22, 2023 at 6:00 a.m. EDT