In an unusual turn Tuesday night, the Board of Commissioners failed to go into closed session to discuss John Gibbs’s settlement. Instead, they voted 6-5 to bring it into open discussion.

After nearly a year of litigation, the cases brought by John Gibbs against the county board and Joe Moss will be settled with ...

OTTAWA COUNTY — The Ottawa County Board of Commissioners broke a multi-year habit of reserving settlement talks to closed session when officials voted to negotiate from the dais. "I believe ...