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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Five students injured during the shooting at Michigan State University remain hospitalized. One is the child of migrant farm workers. Her family is trying to raise money to support her rehabilitation.
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Classes at Michigan State University are cancelled until Monday as the East Lansing campus grieves. -
Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson says her office is working to make the process of removing people from the state’s voter registration list more transparent. Benson wants community members to double check a soon-to-be released list of cancelled voter registrations. -
The State of Michigan has released a new consumer guide to help people know their rights when it comes to surprise medical bills.Let’s say you have a surgery scheduled with your in-network health care provider at a local hospital. Months later, you receive an unexpectedly high bill from the hospital that includes costs for an out-of-network anesthesia provider. -
Sandy Pierce is the senior executive vice president of Huntington National Bank and previously held other senior roles at First Merit Corporation, RBS Citizens and JPMorgan Chase. -
Hilda Sancen is one of nearly 300,000 thousand eligible Latino voters in Michigan. -
Consumers Energy is planning to relocate its Mid-Michigan operations center from Lansing to Windsor Township. -
October is Domestic Violence Awareness month, and the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services wants to bring awareness to a 24/7 hotline it has set up to help people in the state. -
The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan is asking the state’s Department of Corrections to allow inmates access to foreign language books. -
More than thirty geographic landmarks in Michigan have been given new names this week.
