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The future of Wisconsin's polka tradition depends on young musicians, like 12-year-old Ephraim McMullin, a member of the ...

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Fellow firefighters give Polka music legend John “Stanky” Stankovic one final salute outside Nanticoke Fire Headquarters in Nanticoke on Tuesday following his funeral Mass. Stankovic served 60-plus ...

NANTICOKE — John “Stanky” Stankovic, the legendary Northeast Pennsylvania polka king who entertained millions of people from around the world for decades, died on Christmas Day. He was 89. Stankovic, ...

CAMERON — On Sunday, Dec. 28, Alfred Vrazel will do something he has done nearly every week since 1955. He cues up polka music, greets his listeners and fills the afternoon airwaves with the sound ...

I had a lovely show planned for New Year’s Day but when I started to head out to the station, I discovered that the elevator in my building was out of order. I am wheelchair bound and, as such, I ...

(WBRE/WYOU) — A local polka music legend passed away on Christmas Day. The Facebook page for “Stanky and the Coalminers” reports that their lead singer/musician, John “Stanky” Stankovic, has passed ...

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The perfect Christmas song sets the mood right away. Our next guest wants to destroy all that. STEPHEN THOMPSON, BYLINE: (Laughter). MARTIN: Stephen Thompson of NPR Music has brought us some of his ...