User:JWKirsch

Born and raised in Aberdeen, S.D., Jay Kirschenmann graduated from Central High School and attended Northern State University there before joining the Clark County Courier, Clark, S.D., as full-time reporter/photographer in 1979.

He moved to Florida and joined Knight-Ridder Newspapers as reporter/photographer 1980-'93, and returned to South Dakota for newspaper and PR jobs in 1993. Writer for the Sioux Falls Argus Leader from October 2002 to the present.

Musician, freelance writer and photographer. Continue to cartoon and play in bands. Married to Jane Kirschenmann. Have four grown children.

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