Tamara Funk and her friend Joan Steele danced together in a circle, hands clasped, stepping in three-quarter time to the tune of an accordion. "Polka is done in three-quarter time, and then you just ...

Almost all states with an official dance choose the square dance, but not Wisconsin. Not by a longshot. We picked the polka in 1993, as a nod to ethnic heritage, but the dance doesn’t acknowledge just ...

TWO THIS AFTERNOON. WELL, NEW ON 12 TODAY IS WISCONSIN POLKA DAY. GOVERNOR TONY EVERS IS MAKING THE PROCLAMATION IN HONOR OF THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE POLKA BECOMING OUR STATE DANCE. AND JOINING US ...

TOWN OF MAINE, Wis. – Local polka fans are enjoying the music as long as their bodies allow. Seventy years ago, rural Marathon County residents gathered during weekends at dance halls for weddings and ...

And the WAMI goes to ... polka? Yup, the WAMI Awards -- the Wisconsin version of the Grammys -- will recognize the state's best polka artist at its annual awards ceremony next month in Appleton. Last ...

There’s something about polka. Whether it’s the middle European version, or the Mexican version, or some amalgamation of a number of styles, the dance and music that supports it is infectious.

Steve Meisner, one of Wisconsin's best-known polka musicians, died June 1 at age 62 shortly after being diagnosed with cancer. As part of the band that carried his name, Meisner, a lifelong Whitewater ...

WEST BEND – Photographs of accordions, tubas and Pabst Blue Ribbon signs may not be the norm for an $11.2 million art museum that features nationally recognized sculptures, painters and other media ...

WAUSAU - The couple whirled around the dance floor as if they were on skates, their heads bouncing to the driving polka beat, their feet a blur beneath them. A terrific combo called the New Generation ...

PULASKI – Polka legend Alvin Styczynski of Pulaski died Monday at the age of 87. If you liked polka music and lived in Wisconsin, you likely heard Styczynski at some point on his concertina and ...

CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin polka musician is accusing his ex-wife and her new husband of stealing one of his most popular polka tunes. Ray Rubenzer of Chippewa Falls filed a federal ...