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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DTE Energy has requested expedited approvals for contracts to supply power to a massive proposed data center in Saline. -
The lawsuit accuses the Nuclear Regulatory Commission of violating the law when it granted an exemption to allow Palisades to return to operating status. -
The state health department has defunded the organization that oversaw foster care placements in Kent County for the past eight years. -
A state program for deer donations led to 140,000 pounds of ground venison for Michigan food banks in the last fiscal year. -
As artificial intelligence drives a surge in demand for data center space, Michigan is taking steps to ensure that everyday Consumers Energy consumers aren't left footing the bill for costly grid expansions needed to support these facilities' enormous appetites for power. -
Residents in several communities across the state have pushed back against AI data center proposals in recent months. Plans have been delayed, but may not be stopped.
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A person fell into the nuclear reactor cavity at the Palisades plant in Southwest Michigan on Tuesday. They were taken for a medical evaluation and have returned to work. -
The agency that’s overseen foster care cases in Kent County for most of the past decade is suing the state health department for eliminating its funding, while judges that oversee child abuse and neglect cases in the county called the lack of transition planning a “child welfare emergency.” -
The Michigan Public Service Commission is taking feedback on what should be required in long term plans from energy utility companies. Some worried data center energy predictions won't materialize. -
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.
