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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The number of people hospitalized with the coronavirus continues to climb in Michigan. But the number isn’t rising as fast as it was a few weeks… -
In November of 1974, Richard Vander Veen was elected to the U.S. Congress from what was then Michigan’s fifth district.Vander Veen was from Grand Rapids.… -
A federal magistrate says the case against five of the men accused of plotting to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer can proceed to a grand jury… -
Spring brings thousands of seasonal migrant workers to farms across the country, where they usually live in camps with several to a room sleeping in bunk beds. How does that work during a pandemic?
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As the United Auto Workers' strike against General Motors continues, workers who made upwards of a few thousand dollars a week are trying to live on union strike pay of $250.
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With contract talks in Detroit at a critical point, bargainers at General Motors and the auto workers union clashed over competing proposals over the weekend.
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Federal immigration enforcement will no longer hold suspects in the Kent County jail after September.Kent County stopped honoring so called “detainer… -
The Michigan congressman is the only Republican to call for impeachment proceedings against President Trump. Many who know Amash say they're not surprised at his stance, even if it costs him his seat. -
Rep. Justin Amash, R-Mich., the only elected Republican in Congress to support beginning impeachment proceedings against President Trump, is under growing political pressure from his own party.
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Last month federal immigration authorities took Jilmar Ramos-Gomez into custody to face possible deportation. He was born in Grand Rapids, Mich., served in the Marines and saw combat in Afghanistan.
