Feature image from 2018 Oktoberfest BY CORIE LYNN Oktoberfest is a 49-year-old tradition that is returning to Hays alongside Fort Hays State University alumni. “Everything…
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Welcome back, Oktoberfest!
BY CORIE LYNN Each October, Hays plays host to a longstanding, Ellis County tradition: Oktoberfest. According to Janel Moore, the Historian of the Oktoberfest Board,…
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Hays Holds Inaugural “German Market”
BY KATY WALTERS On Friday, September 28th, 2018, a new Oktoberfest event took place on Main Street called the German Market. It was started by…
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Like FHSU, Oktoberfest Proves to be “World Ready”
STORY BY DANIEL SAENZ PHOTOS BY ALLISON SCHWEIZER One of the earliest cultural influences on Hays, Kansas has undoubtedly been the Volga Germans who migrated…
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