Dustin Dwyer
Reporter / Producer, Michigan PublicDustin 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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A federal judge has vacated the conviction of a man who spent more than 20 years in prison for a double murder. Jeff Titus was convicted for the murders of two hunters near Kalamazoo. -
A new group of commissioners in Ottawa County didn’t technically violate the law when they made a number of surprise, sweeping changes to county policy at their first meeting in January.
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Hailey Huggett said she felt like she’s living through a paradox.“Here I am, missing school today,” she said, “to fight for the right to go to school without being killed.” -
“I am changed and my family is changed.”The words, from Governor Gretchen Whitmer, were played in a Jackson County courtroom today as a judge deliberated on the sentencing of three men convicted over their role in the plot to kidnap Whitmer in 2020. The three men, Paul Bellar, Joseph Morrison and Pete Musico were sentenced individually for their role in the plot, after being found guilty in October of providing material support for a terrorist act, being in a gang, and possessing firearms while committing a felony. -
Communities in Michigan have until this Wednesday to apply for about $14 million dollars in state funding to address high water levels. -
A former Grand Rapids police officer will stand trial on charges he murdered a man while on duty in April. -
Jurors found three men guilty on all charges that they helped in the plot to kidnap Governor Gretchen Whitmer in 2020. -
On the day of the killing, Wayne Butler thought Officer Schurr had done nothing wrong.Butler testified during a preliminary hearing at 61st District Court in Grand Rapids Thursday morning, a hearing meant to decide whether there’s enough evidence for Grand Rapids police officer Christopher Schurr to face trial for shooting and killing Patrick Lyoya on the morning of April 4. -
A judge will take some more time to decide whether a former Grand Rapids police officer should face trial on charges he murdered Patrick Lyoya. -
Closing arguments will stretch into a second day for the trial of three men accused of helping in the plot to kidnap Governor Gretchen Whitmer in 2020.
