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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The trial comes more than three years after the incident in which then-GRPD officer Christopher Schurr shot Patrick Lyoya in the back of the head. -
Christopher Schurr, a white former police officer, is accused of murdering a Black Congolese refugee in a traffic stop in 2022. -
Most potential jurors said they had some awareness of the incident in which a white GRPD officer shot a Black man in the back of the head. -
Former Grand Rapids police officer Christopher Schurr shot Patrick Lyoya in the back of the head following a struggle during a traffic stop in 2022. Schurr’s lawyers have been trying for years to get the second-degree murder charge thrown out. But judges have repeatedly said the case should go to a jury. -
The Supreme Court has scheduled a conference to consider an appeal in the civil case over the 2022 police killing of Patrick Lyoya. -
The moves come at least partly in response to White House executive orders attacking diversity, equity and inclusion. -
The GEO Group said it expects to bring in $70 million in annualized revenue from a contract with Immigration and Customs Enforcement. -
Organizers now plan weekly protests at the Tesla showroom in Kentwood, near Grand Rapids. -
Holtec wants to install the nation's first small nuclear reactors at the Palisades plant in Southwest Michigan, but first it would have to win regulatory approval. -
Businesses can apply to secure matching funds from the state to help their workers find housing.
