What do Minnesota politics and polka have in common? Florian Chmielewski

When Florian Chmielewski played his accordion last Tuesday at the Cloquet Senior Center, Maria Schroeder and Evelyn Graham were sitting front and center. “We’re a bunch of groupies,” said Graham with a chuckle. “We go with [the Chmielewski Fun Time Band] to Branson, North Dakota, Wisconsin, you name it.”

By: Jana Peterson, Pine Journal