Dustin Dwyer reports enterprise and long-form stories from Michigan Radio’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 Radio 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.
Contributions from Dustin Dwyer
- Judge lowers bond for one of the men charged in alleged Whitmer kidnapping plot
A Jackson County judge lowered the bond amount today for one of the 14 men charged in the alleged plot to kidnap the governor. The bond amount for Pete Musico had been set at $10 million. It’s now set … - Surge in voter registration in Kent County could shape race for 3rd Congressional District
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. He had won a special election earlier that ye … - How the alleged plot to kidnap a governor unfolded, and how the FBI tracked every move
- Federal judge: Surveillance of governor's vacation home shows kidnapping plot was serious
- Officials plead for "simple precautions" as Kent County COVID-19 hospitalizations rise
Health officials in Kent County are pleading with people to take “simple precautions” as new COVID-19 case numbers rise, and hospitals throughout West Michigan see an increase in cases. Spectrum Healt …