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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More than thirty geographic landmarks in Michigan have been given new names this week. -
A program that delivers free rapid COVID-19 tests for Michiganders living in zip codes most affected by the pandemic is temporarily on pause. -
The Capital Area Humane Society in Lansing is in search of forever homes for some of the beagles rescued from a breeding facility in Virginia. -
Showers and thunderstorms are expected this afternoon into the evening throughout Michigan. -
Employees at a Chipotle Mexican Grill in Lansing became the first restaurant for the fast-food chain nationwide to form a union.This week, 11 employees voted in favor of organizing with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. 3 were against. -
Lansing’s Capital Region International Airport will offer direct flights to Orlando, Florida starting this fall. -
As more states outlaw abortion, some define human life as starting at fertilization. Some patients and health care workers worry that this could jeopardize in vitro fertilization treatments. -
Some who are struggling to conceive worry that the battle over abortion could put fertility treatments like IVF in jeopardy. The argument that life begins at conception could restrict such processes.
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Attorney General Dana Nessel is urging Michiganders to take steps to protect their data from being shared by phone software applications. -
A $10.5 million grant from the federal government aims to improve internet access for some of Michigan's rural communities.