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Protest and support chants erupted in the lobby steps away from the Ottawa County board podium, where a leader of a West Michigan satanic group led the commissi

Ottawa County Commissioner Doug Zylstra disagrees with a policy change allowing an ordained minister of Satan to give opening prayer during a board meeting.

Protest and support chants erupted in the lobby steps away from the Ottawa County board podium, where a leader of a West Michigan satanic group led the commissi

A representative from the Satanic Temple of West Michigan plans to give the invocation at the beginning of Tuesday evening's Ottawa County Board of Commissioners meeting.

A representative from the Satanic Temple of West Michigan plans to give the invocation at the beginning of Tuesday evening's Ottawa County Board of Commissioners meeting.

The workshop will be at 6 p.m. Thursday, April 11, at the Grand Hall above Porto Bello, 41 Washington Ave. in Grand Haven.

The lawyer for Rev. Jared Cramer claims the opposition sign displayed during Feb. 13's commission meeting means her client's requests to lead the county in prayer were ignored.

Reverend Jared Cramer, who filed a religious discrimination lawsuit, got his moment to lead the Ottawa County Board of Commissioners in prayer at Tuesday's meeting.

What could've been a step toward reconciliation with the board is now in jeopardy.

Did the new electees for the Ottawa County Board of Commissioners have the authority to meet and make decisions before being sworn into office?