Alex Jirgens joined KIMT as a multimedia journalist in January of 2018.
I am a native of the Sunflower State...Kansas! I was born in Ottawa, grew up in Pleasanton (both near Kansas City), McPherson and then Lehigh (both near Wichita), where I grew up on a farm. After high school, I then attended Hutchinson Community College for two years. After a couple years of working and saving up, I went back to school, this time at Kansas State (Every Man a Wildcat!) in the Fall of 2015. I graduated in December 2017 with a B.S. in Journalism/Mass Communication, and minored in Geography.
I have been interested in media as a whole since I was a kid, where I would keep my ear next to the radio, my eyeballs were glued to the TV, and reading the newspaper before school. I first broke into broadcasting at radio stations KHUT and KWBW in Hutchinson, as a board operator for a Sunday morning church service and high school athletic broadcasts, in October 2012. In August 2013, I joined KBBE radio in McPherson, hosting a Sunday morning Christian music show. In addition, I produced commercials and weather updates, as well as hosting two New Year's Eve shows. In September 2015, I accepted two positions: one at Manhattan Broadcasting Company, where I was a DJ on two stations, delivered live severe weather coverage on four stations, hosted a halftime scoreboard show for Friday night football broadcasts, and later became a City Commission reporter and overnight newscaster; and another with K-State's campus station KSDB, where I hosted a live talk show called "Open Mic" once a week, and a couple of music shows, as well as producing station imaging and promotions. In addition, I also anchored, produced and directed newscasts for K-State's TV station KKSU. During the Summer of 2017, I was accepted into an internship program at all-news radio station 680 News/CFTR in Toronto, Canada, an experience I will never forget. I did everything from reporting and script writing to doing live traffic updates and business reports. In November 2017, I was offered a position at KIMT.
In my free time, I enjoy traveling and sightseeing (if there is anything I should see in Iowa or Minnesota that you recommend, please let me know!), cooking, attending live music and comedy events, listening to new and old music (I have a very diverse taste in music...from hip hop to soundtracks, I listen to it all!), rooting for the Wildcats, Chiefs, Royals, Packers (there's a long story behind that) and Vikings, and visiting with family and friends.
The 7th & 8th Grade Honor's Literacy teacher at John Adams Middle School is our latest Golden Apple award winner!
This week, council approved the issuance of $700,000 in General Obligation Bonds that will pay for the project
The City is seeking bids on repairing the roof of the Depression-era building
Before the 40+- year-old Forest City High School gym floor is torn out for a new one, the public is getting the chance to bid on a piece of a floor that has a lot of memories
Each January on the anniversary of the landmark Roe v. Wade decision, thousands of pro-life activists descend on the Supreme Court to make their voices heard and have the decision overturned
While Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is considered to be a federal holiday, employers have the option to give employees the day off
Iowa DOT's Standing Corn Snow Fence Program allows farmers to receive a payment if they keep rows of corn on the edges of their fields along highways in open areas
Authorities say closing a highway during a winter storm is a last resort measure; however, it's ultimately up to the conditions
Final day of business is February 14th
Police are wanting to sell dog to trainer and be given to another department after two incidents
