Angie and Jason Kriz of Omaha dance to the “Ice Cubes and Beer Polka” during the Halfway to Oktoberfest Party at Huber Haus on Sunday. The crowd obeys a call to “clink ‘em and drink ‘em.” Tyrolean ...

Mark Vyhlidal's love and promotion of polka music will be honored Sunday. The Fremont Street Superintendent from Cedar Bluffs will be one of two men inducted into the Sokol Omaha Polka Hall of Fame.

OMAHA — With only a love of music and a gift of gab, Joe Siedlik has become one of the most recognizable personalities on the radio in the Midwest. The Omaha man is better known as “Big Joe” and has ...