LA CROSSE, Wis. (WXOW) — Kathy Van Kirk-Przywojski has been named the 2026 Mrs. Oktoberfest.

Van Kirk-Przywojski is a local of Greeley, Colorado, who later moved to Winona, Minnesota. She graduated from Winona Senior Excessive College and earned a bachelor of wonderful arts from UW-Eau Claire in 1982.

She has lived in La Crosse for greater than 40 years. Van Kirk-Przywojski serves as inventive director emeritus and co-founder of Vendi Promoting, a task she has held since 2004.

Earlier than that, she labored as advertising and marketing director at Sagebrush Corp. and artistic director at Ovation Advertising and marketing. She is married to Paul Przywojski.

The sixty fifth Annual Oktoberfest USA in La Crosse takes place from Sept. 24 by way of Sept. 27, 2026 on the Oktoberfest Grounds.