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
- Family of detained "Dreamer" appeals to Michigan's congressional delegation to intervene
A West Michigan mother says she hopes Michigan policymakers will intervene to spare her son from deportation. Marilú Parra-Velázquez says she brought her son Brandon Reyes to the U.S. from Mexico when … - ACLU asks civilian board to review controversial case involving GRPD
The ACLU of Michigan has asked a civilian board to review a controversial case involving the Grand Rapids Police Department. The case is over Jilmar Ramos-Gomez. He’s a U.S. citizen and a war veteran. … - Grand Rapids police union accuses mayor of “obstruction.” GRPD says it’s an ”opinion.”
This has been a contentious week for officials in Grand Rapids city government. The city is dealing with the fallout over the case of Jilmar Ramos-Gomez, a U.S. citizen and war veteran who was mistake … - GRPD places senior officer on leave for "discourtesy" in case of U.S. citizen detained by ICE
The Grand Rapids police department has placed one of its senior commanders on administrative leave. The city says it’s reviewing the actions of GRPD captain Curt VanderKooi in a case that led to a U.S … - Protesters disrupt Grand Rapids city commission meeting, call for end to cooperation with ICE
A Grand Rapids City Commission meeting had to end early last night, after protestors disrupted the meeting. The protestors, organized by Movimiento Cosecha GR, called on the city to end all police coo …