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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Operating status means the plant is allowed to receive new nuclear fuel. It is not yet generating power. It is the first nuclear plant in the U.S. to ever return to operations after going into decommissioning status. -
As the city moves forward on plans to alter dams to restore rapids downtown, a new barrier could stop sea lamprey from spawning upstream. -
The plan sets a goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 62.8% per capita by the end of the decade, but doesn't come with any requirements yet. -
The Legislature already blew past a self-imposed deadline of passing a budget by July 1. But Whitmer says there's still plenty of time to reach a deal before the state's fiscal year ends. -
Democratic U.S. Senator Elissa Slotkin toured a children's hospital in Grand Rapids Monday and said she hasn't given up on restoring funding for health care programs. -
West Michigan is home to the largest system of dunes anywhere in the world. Scientists are still unlocking the dunes' secrets. -
The new building for the Grand Rapids African American Museum & Archives is 15 times the size of its previous storefront location. -
Holtec International has reported spending millions from its decommissioning trust fund for the nuclear plant on Lake Michigan. But decommissioning is no longer the plan. -
Hundreds of workers are busy trying to make the Palisades nuclear plant the first decommissioned plant in the U.S. to ever come back online. -
Carlos Menjivar already had plans to leave the U.S. with his family this Saturday, advocates say. Now those plans are on hold while he's in immigration detention.
