The music doesn’t stop: Toledo’s ‘Polka King’ Duane Malinowski remembered for a life that kept the dance floor full

Malinowski died Monday at age 65 after a battle with kidney cancer, according to his son.
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Wheeling Polka Festival celebrates music and culture at Oglebay Resort

The Wheeling Polka Festival wrapped up on Sunday at the Wilson Lodge at Oglebay. The festival has been going on for over a decade. It started at the McLure in Wheeling, then was taken over by Deb ...
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Polka Bands Seek Shot Of Youth With Their Traditional Fan Base In Decline, Some Area Performers Are Trying Such Things As Playing Rock And Country Songs.

Hey, Linkin Park and Weezer fans. Give polka a chance. That’s all John Stankovic asks. His band, John Stanky and the Coal Miners, has been a Wyoming Valley mainstay for more than 50 years, but, like ...
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Remembering polka legend John 'Stanky' Stankovic

(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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No Hokey Polka

No genre of music generates giggles quite like polka. But while many see polka as the soundtrack for lederhosen-wearing seniors, Marty Rome sees it as a life-changing force. “I don’t know what kind of ...