Public health officer in Michigan keeps her job after lengthy legal fight over COVID rules

An embattled public health officer in Michigan will get to keep her job. Adeline Hambley's lengthy legal fight with county commissioners over pandemic-era mask mandates concluded Tuesday with the board bowing to the will of a court-ordered arbitrator. The Ottawa County Board of Commissioners voted 11-0 Monday to retain Hambley as county health officer. It's part of a settlement to end her lawsuit against the board. The commissioners first tried to fire Hambley in January 2023. But when they were unable to, they offered her a $4 million settlement in return for her resignation, then rescinded the offer.