Michelle Jokisch Polo
Stateside Producer at Michigan Public
reporter and producer at michigan public’s stateside
Articles
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1 week ago |
michiganpublic.org | Michelle Jokisch Polo
Immigrant rights advocates in Grand Rapids are sounding the alarm after reports surfaced that Immigration Customs Enforcement was attempting to detain individuals as they arrived for routine check-ins with immigration officials.
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1 week ago |
michiganpublic.org | Molly Anderson |Michelle Jokisch Polo
In 1495, the artist Albrecht Dürer made a famous engraving of the Holy Family that included a mayfly. Dürer meant it to suggest a link between heaven and earth, perhaps because of their brief 48 hours of life once hatched. In Michigan, swarms of mayflies, sometimes known as fish flies due to their fishy smells, can often signal the beginning of summer.
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2 weeks ago |
michiganpublic.org | Mike Blank |Michelle Jokisch Polo
Long time professional wrestling star Sabu died on May 11 at age 61, just a few weeks after his last match of 2025. Officially known as Sabu, the local Lansing native rose to fame in the 1990s as a member of the Extreme Championship Wrestling. Long before ‘Sabu’ — there was Terry Michael Brunk — a kid from Lansing whose dream was to become a professional wrestler like his uncle, Eddie Farhat — known in the ring as the Original Sheik.
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3 weeks ago |
michiganpublic.org | Michelle Jokisch Polo
Folks around Grand Rapids have had a few weeks to come to terms with the recent outcome in the trial of former Grand Rapids Police Department officer, Christopher Schurr. Schurr was charged with second-degree murder over the shooting and killing of Patrick Lyoya during a traffic stop in April 2022. After years of court appeals, in May Schurr faced a jury of 12 men and women to defend his case.
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1 month ago |
michiganpublic.org | Mercedes Mejia |Michelle Jokisch Polo
First introduced to the market in 1974 by Monsanto, Roundup quickly became one of the most widely used herbicides in the world due to its effectiveness at eliminating weeds. In fact, in Michigan, the majority of row crop farmers turn to Roundup as a primary tool for weed management.
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