Ben DeSmidt talks about the Oktoberfest celebration taking place this coming weekend at Union Park Tavern to help celebrate the city's 175th anniversary. Representatives of Kenosha's Sister City - Wolfenbuttel - are expected to be present and participating (virtually.) DeSmidt is Associate Professor Emeritus of Classics and Great Ideas at Carthage- and was recently elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly, representing the 65th Assembly Diestrict.