Alex Jirgens

Mason City, United States

Web Producer and Assignment Desk at KAKE-TV (Wichita, KS)

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Rice County highway closed due to sinkhole

Jan 29, 2025 | kake.com | Alex Jirgens

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Coperion K-Tron closing Salina plant by end of 2025

Jan 24, 2025 | kake.com | Alex Jirgens

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Demolition to begin this week on former Hutchinson hotel

Dec 1, 2024 | kake.com | Alex Jirgens

HUTCHINSON, Kan. (KAKE) - A former hotel that has received numerous reports of nuisances and vandalism spanning years will be demolished later this week. The former Atrium Hotel and Conference Center will begin on Friday. The announcement comes following the Hutchinson City Council's decision in August to declare the Atrium as unsafe and dangerous, and an October vote to move forward with demolition. The hotel was closed in December 2019, with utilities being shut off the following month.
Kansas winery partnering with Pizza Hut on 'tomato wine'

Nov 19, 2024 | kake.com | Alex Jirgens

LAWRENCE, Kan. (KAKE) - A northeast Kansas winery is partnering with Pizza Hut to create a tomato wine that tastes like a slice of pizza. The wine comes in 375ml bottles, and is available for sale through the winery's website for $25 a bottle, with a two bottle minimum for purchase.
Cause of McPherson house fire under investigation

Oct 21, 2024 | kake.com | Alex Jirgens

MCPHERSON, Kan. (KAKE) - A McPherson home has been declared a total loss after a fire Tuesday morning. Firefighters were dispatched to the 1400 block of Briarwood Lane around 11:30 a.m. Tuesday for a report of a house fire. Upon arrival, crews encountered a strong fire from a two-car garage attached to the home. Crews worked to extinguish the fire in the garage, while also extinguishing flames that had spread to the exterior wall of the neighboring house to the north.
Poll: Amelia Earhart named America's 3rd Greatest Mentor

Oct 15, 2024 | kake.com | Alex Jirgens

Headline: Red Flag Warning until WED 7:00 PM CDT Bulletin: ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENINGFOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 002,003, 004, 014, 015, 016, 028, 029, 080, AND 081... * AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zones 002 Rawlins, 003 Decatur,004 Norton, 014 Thomas, 015 Sheridan, 016 Graham, 028 Logan,029 Gove, 080 Hitchcock and 081 Red Willow. * WINDS...South 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 15 percent.
Hutchinson City Council unanimously approves demolition of former hotel

Oct 1, 2024 | kake.com | Alex Jirgens

HUTCHINSON, Kan. (KAKE) - The former Atrium Hotel will soon be reduced to rubble, after the Hutchinson City Council unanimously approved the move at their meeting Tuesday. "Due to the lack of progress on the repair or demolition of the structure and the lack of the required cash bond, the city will be moving forward with the demolition of the structure," Williams said.
Wichita City Council approves repairs to Cheney Reservoir dam

Oct 1, 2024 | kake.com | Alex Jirgens

WICHITA, Kan. (KAKE) - As of Monday, the conservation pool at Cheney Reservoir is 57.2% full, a decrease of 2.5% over the month. While that's not a good sign for the drought, the city is taking the opportunity, while the water level is low, to make needed repairs to the lake's dam. Wichita City Council members voted unanimously Tuesday to approve repairs for the dam, which are estimated to cost around $14 million.
KCMO firefighter who died of medical emergency during training exercise identified

Sep 17, 2024 | kake.com | Alex Jirgens

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KAKE) - The Kansas City, Missouri Fire Department has identified the firefighter who died in the line of duty this week. KMBC-TV reports that Kyle Brinker, 33, died after suffering a medical emergency during a training exercise on Tuesday. Brinker was an 11-year veteran of the Rescue Division at Station 35, one of the busiest stations in the city. Most recently, he was assigned to the Technical Rescue Division.
Wichita police recover band's stolen trailer and over $20,000 in equipment

Sep 10, 2024 | kake.com | Alex Jirgens

WICHITA, Kan. (KAKE) - A trailer containing equipment belonging to a band that was performing at the Cotillion last week has been recovered. Police found a U-Haul trailer containing approximately $21,700 worth of band equipment belonging to Post Sex Nachos after being stolen from an east Wichita hotel last Thursday. The trailer, which was attached to a van, was parked at the hotel after the band finished performing. The band reported the theft the next morning.