Personal life
Polansky lives in Manhattan, Kansas with his wife, Kristine, who is an attorney. They married in January 2003. Polansky’s first wife, Joyce, died in 1993 after 18 years of marriage. A son, Adam, is a 2002 graduate of Kansas State University who currently is involved in managing the Belleville, Kansas-based family farm and seed business. Adam’s twin, A.J., was lost in an automobile accident in January 2001. A daughter, Amber, and her husband, are graduates of the University of Kansas pharmacy school. They own and operate City Pharmacy in Minneapolis, Kansas. Benjamin Larscheid, Polansky’s stepson by his current marriage, attends Ft. Hays State University.
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