The Kingery Family and the Larry Olsen Polka Band return to the stage at the 2025 Life Connections event April 25 at the Willmar Civic Center.

Minnesota polka legend Florian Chmielewski dies at 97 Beloved patriarch of the Chmielewski Funtime Band, the accordionist served in the state Senate from 1971-1997 ...

The Kingery Family and the Larry Olsen Polka Band will take the stage at the 2024 Life Connections event April 26 at the Willmar Civic Center.

We sampled all the new foods and drinks and attractions during the opening days of the Minnesota State Fair. As we reach the halfway point of the 12-day affair, we thought we’d now spend one day ...

Musician, broadcaster, former Minnesota state senator and polka legend Florian Chmielewski rehearses with Sod House Theater in Minneapolis in 2017.

Polka great Florian Chmielewski dead at 97 Beloved patriarch of the Chmielewski Funtime Band, the accordionist served in the Minnesota Senate from 1971-1997.

Florian Chmielewski, former senator and Funtime Band accordion player, dies at 97 Chmielewski played at his own 97th birthday party at the VFW two months ago.

The beat rolls on; the beat from the old bands out of Lankin, N.D., that is. A Neighbors item about them weeks ago led several people to send in their memories of the polka bands formed in Lankin ...