Dustin Grove anchors and reports the news weekdays on WSBT News at 5 and 6. He also writes for the South Bend Tribune.

During his career, Grove has been honored with awards from the Society of Professional Journalists and the Associated Press as one of Indiana’s best reporters. In 2008, he won a first place award from the AP for his investigative report "Violent Crime: Everyone Pays." He was also honored for Best News Series (2nd place) in 2005 after traveling to Sri Lanka to cover the efforts of local relief workers in the aftermath of devastating tsunamis.

Most recently, Grove traveled to Camp Pendleton in Southern California to go alongside local Marines as they trained to return for another tour of duty in Iraq.

Previously, Grove was a radio news anchor and reporter at WIBC-AM in Indianapolis and for Network Indiana news service, also based in Indianapolis. Grove graduated from Ball State University’s prestigious College of Communication, Information, and Media with a degree in Telecommunications-News. While at Ball State, Grove produced and reported a number of stories for CNN; several of which earned national recognition.

Grove lives in South Bend with his wife, Stacy. While they both grew up in central Indiana, Grove’s extended family has always lived in Michiana, and that’s where Dustin and Stacy are proud to call home as well.

In his spare time, Grove enjoys reading, traveling, and finding great places to eat.

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