Dustin Dwyer
Reporter / ProducerDustin 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.
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The latest numbers in the state show a decline in cases and hospitalizations since last week, but the numbers remain near record levels. -
The federal trial for five men accused of plotting to kidnap Governor Gretchen Whitmer is scheduled to begin March 8 in Grand Rapids.
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Short-staffed and stretched thin in the second year of the pandemic, staff at Mercy Health Muskegon say they want better pay and working conditions.
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Henry Ford Wyandotte Hospital is the latest in Michigan to be approved for federal support. Hospital leaders say the help is welcome, but it still won't be enough as COVID-19 cases rise.
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Michigan hospitals saw record numbers of COVID patients in December. Now, the numbers are up again, and more staff are getting sick.
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Mercy Health Muskegon had to convert its emergency waiting room to patient care. Now the waiting room is in a heated tent in the parking lot.
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The state sets another record for the average daily number of new cases of COVID-19. Hospitalizations also rise again statewide, but not as rapidly.
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State association says hospitals remain under "incredible strain" dealing with COVID-19.
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MSU's president says the decision was made after Michigan recorded a record number of daily new cases of COVID-19 this week.
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Michigan averaged 12,929 new coronavirus cases per day between Tuesday and Wednesday - a new daily record, as cases of omicron variant surge globally.
