Hays Post

New this year to the 46th annual Hays Volga German Oktoberfest was the new German Market which operated from 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. in the grass lot just south of North Central Technical College (NCK Tech) on Main Street, across the street from Municipal Park, where the main Oktoberfest event was held.

The German Market sold items such as baked goods, noodles, jams, crafts, and other traditional food and crafts.

Lee Dobratz, director of the Ellis County Historical Society, talked to Eagle Communications’ Mike Koerner about why the German Market was added in 2018.