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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Crain’s Grand Rapids Business staff writer Mark Sanchez talks about “pharmacy deserts” in rural Michigan, the Little River Band seeks to develop more than 150 acres in Muskegon County, and revitalizing the aging homebuilders industry -
Crain’s Grand Rapids Business staff writer Mark Sanchez talks about a Grand Rapids US-131 flex route project, the Michigan legislature tackles rising healthcare costs, and a major Corewell Health expansion on its Butterworth campus.
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Crain’s Grand Rapids Business staff writer Mark Sanchez discusses A.C. Grand Rapids hiring sports marketing veteran, Michigan’s Shorts Brewing Company delivering a National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation-themed variety pack this holiday season, and an apartment and hotel tower is proposed in Grand Rapids’ Monroe North district.
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During a Plainfield Township special public meeting Friday, the board voted to censure trustee Robert Reminga and requested his resignation. -
Crain’s Grand Rapids Business staff writer Mark Sanchez talks about U of M Health’s expansion in mid-Michigan, West Michigan auto suppliers facing costly reshoring, and the Gordie Howe International Bridge opening is a much-needed trade route for area manufacturers.
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EPIC-MRA survey focuses on Michigan's governor and U.S. Senate races -
Every 16 years the question of a Constitutional Convention appears on the Michigan ballot. Thursday an alliance of organizations began encouraging voters to vote “no” on Proposal 1. -
Crain’s Grand Rapids Business staff writer Mark Sanchez talks about Corewell Health’s expansion in Southwest Michigan, how Ottawa County’s shrinking aquifer is impacting growth, but we begin with health insurance rate increases coming in 2027.
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Crain’s Grand Rapids Business staff writer Mark Sanchez talks about one of the nation’s largest accounting firm’s decisions now being made from Grand Rapids, Michigan State University’s outgoing president has decided to stay, and dam removal is underway marking the beginning of the Grand River restoration project.
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The film examines the alliance between Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and President Donald Trump. Ambitions for a new Middle East, and how Trump and Jared Kushner opened doors to arms deals, investments, and personal profit, despite Saudi abuses. WGVU spoke with correspondent and producer, Martin Smith.
