Patrick Center
Patrick joined WGVU Public Media in December, 2008 after eight years of investigative reporting at Grand Rapids' WOOD-TV8 and three years at WYTV News Channel 33 in Youngstown, Ohio. As News and Public Affairs Director, Patrick manages our daily radio news operation and public interest television programming. An award-winning reporter, Patrick has won multiple Michigan Associated Press Best Reporter/Anchor awards and is a three-time Academy of Television Arts & Sciences EMMY Award winner with 14 nominations.
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TEP is scheduled for completion in 2027.
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WGVU talks with Crain’s senior writer Mark Sanchez about a study indicating consumer sentiment towards electric vehicles is cooling – and – Grand Rapids industrial commercial real estate market is the tightest in the nation.
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WGVU talks with West Michigan Sports Commission President Mike Guswiler about the economic impact of sports tourism.
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Neighbors and friends got together Monday for an impromptu condo driveway, solar eclipse viewing party in Grand Rapids Township.
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Six years ago, I spent the afternoon with my wife and our two young daughters experiencing their first solar eclipse. We reunited Monday on a clear and warm April afternoon in Grand Rapids Township making new memories.
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The signing of the amended accommodations tax Act allows Kent County to raise the maximum lodging excise tax from 5% to 8%. Kent County voters will need to approve it
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The stamp dedication ceremony is Friday, April 5th in Rancho Mirage, California. Last month, at the White House, Susan Ford Bales, daughter of former President Gerald R. Ford, and former First Lady Betty Ford, honored her mother during the postage stamp unveiling.
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In response to former President Donald Trump’s Tuesday campaign stop in Grand Rapids, a rally for immigrant rights.
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How a young National Guardsman leaked classified documents onto the Discord chat platform. WGVU spoke with The Washington Post Intelligence and National Security reporter, Shane Harris, about Jack Teixeira’s guilty plea for leaking national security secrets, why he wasn’t stopped, and the role of platforms like Discord.
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The county is home to 43 parks. Gaines Township’s Creekside Park will deploy autonomous mowers in 2025 as part of an automation demonstration project.