A former Central Texas-based television reporter is now on the airwaves in the Midwest. Michael Courier, who previously worked at the ABC-affiliated television station KVUE in Austin, announced he landed a new TV gig in his home state.
Earlier this month, Courier revealed his departure from KVUE on October 9 in a Facebook post as he bid goodbye to the Lone Star State that he and his wife called home for the past few years. In his message, he also shared that he secured a new reporter and anchor role with the ABC-affiliated TV station, WZZM in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
“Although my time in Austin was relatively short, the impact this city and my coworkers had on my life is truly difficult to put into words,” Courier wrote in a caption. “I will forever be grateful for EVERYONE in ATX.”
Originally from Bay City, Michigan, Courier became a morning reporter for KVUE’s Daybreak team in July 2025. At KVUE, he filled in at the anchor desk and covered breaking news, local government, community events and stories across Central Texas.
Courier began his TV news career in El Paso, where he spent three years as a morning reporter, traffic anchor and fill-in news anchor covering stories for KVIA-TV, according to his bio. Before that, he studied Journalism at the Colorado Media School in Denver before relocating to Texas.
After four and a half years of living in Texas, Courier said that he and his wife decided to “head back north and go home to Michigan.”
The pair recently made the move to Grand Rapids, where Courier is now a morning reporter and weekend anchor for WZZM 13. He expressed excitement for the change and added that he’s looking forward to getting to know his home state even better.