NEW ULM — Polka may be beer-drinking party music, but it’s also spiritual. That’s what over 300 people discovered at the third annual polka service held Sunday morning at New Ulm’s Bavarian Blast, a ...

Editor’s note: Nell Williams is a member of Amarillo SPCA and is involved in the Wiener Dog Races. For the second year, Wiener Dog Races will draw an enthusiastic, loyal crowd at Starlight Ranch, at 6 ...

Celebrate Oktoberfest in Des Moines with beer, brats, polka, and stein-holding contests at two major festivals this September ...

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa --- Dolly and Gene Lind listened to polka music and sipped beer. All the Cedar Falls residents needed to make their Oktoberfest experience complete Saturday afternoon were the ...

Alpine music — and more specifically Polka and Oberkrainer — are considered ancient German. But what many people don't know is that the origin is not in the Bavarian or Swiss Alps but in Slovenia. And ...