Michelle Jokisch Polo
As WKAR's Bilingual Latinx Stories Reporter, Michelle reports in both English and Spanish on stories affecting Michigan's Latinx community. Michelle is also the voice of WKAR's weekend news programs.
Michelle joined WKAR in August 2020.
Before joining WKAR, Michelle was the inclusion reporter at WGVU Public Media, covering stories of people at the intersections of racial justice immigration reform, criminal justice system reform, reproductive justice and trans and queer liberation. Michelle began her career as a journalist as the head reporter at El Vocero Hispano, the largest Hispanic newspaper in Michigan.
Michelle has a master's degree from Grand Valley State University and a bachelor's degree from Calvin University.
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A Republican is seeking to disqualify Democratic candidate Curtis Hertel Jr. from Michigan’s 7th Congressional District, claiming he made errors in his election forms. Hertel's campaign says the former GOP election official ignored comparable technicalities on his own watch. -
During Michigan State University’s Board of Trustees meeting Friday, officials also discussed investments in Israel and the release of thousands of documents related to Larry Nassar's sexual abuse. -
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is rolling out some new regulations for the 2024 fishing season. -
High court to determine the applicability of statute of limitations in a decades-old sexual assault case involving a minor. -
Michigan will be the first state in the nation to automatically register incarcerated people to vote upon their release. State officials say it's another step in helping people get back into society. -
Michigan has become the first state in the country to automatically restore voting rights to people as they leave prison.
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The Higher Learning Commission is launching a review of Michigan State University after the school's Faculty Senate filed a complaint with the organization. -
According to a new report from the Education Policy Innovation Collaborative at Michigan State University, nearly 30% of third-graders do not know how to read at the appropriate grade level, even as the state creates new guidelines to foster literacy. -
More than a year after voting to unionize, workers at a Chipotle Mexican Grill in Lansing are still without a contract. The restaurant was the first of the fast-food chains in the country to unionize. -
Right now, candidates for county sheriff only need to prove residency and voter eligibility in the area they are seeking to serve.
