Dustin Dwyer
Reporter / ProducerDustin Dwyer reports enterprise and long-form stories from Michigan Public's West Michigan bureau. He was a fellow in the class of 2018 at the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard. He’s been with Michigan Public since 2004, when he started as an intern in the newsroom.
He left the station in 2010-2011 to be a stay at home dad, and returned to be part of the Changing Gears project, a collaboration between Michigan Radio, Ideastream in Cleveland and WBEZ in Chicago. From 2012–2017, he was part of the team for State of Opportunity, and produced several radio documentaries on kids and families in Michigan. He lives in Grand Rapids with his wife and three kids.
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The reason for the event was solemn. But the communities were not defined by their sorrow, one organizer said. -
Voters in dozens of communities will head to the polls Tuesday to decide on local initiatives. -
Grand Rapids city leaders have proposed a $643 million budget for the next fiscal year. But the budget wasn't the main thing on the minds of residents during a Tuesday evening city commission meeting. -
The county initially funded the project with nearly $44,000 in 2021. YWCA leaders said the need for the services has only increased. -
The judge ordered an injunction against county board members who'd sought to remove Hambley. -
Governor Gretchen Whitmer made a stop at a Grand Rapids car dealership Wednesday to promote her plan for a two-year sales tax exemption on electric vehicle car purchases. Her office estimates the plan would cost the state $48.4 million in lost revenue. -
The department estimates the drones will cost $100,000. Some residents are concerned about potential civil rights violations. -
Wolverine Worldwide and 3M will pay millions to homeowners in northern Kent County where PFAS contamination was found. -
The current top health officer for the county says a contract for dental services was being held up over a clause that protected people from discrimination based on their sexual orientation. -
Wolverine Worldwide was required to submit the plan under a consent decree reached with the state in 2020.
