BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – More than $580,000 is needed in repairs to the boyhood home of Lawrence Welk in the south-central North Dakota town of Strasburg, according to documents obtained by The ...

After a long and difficult process, the boyhood home near Strasburg, N.D., of the late Lawrence Welk will become property of the State Historical Society, that is, the people of North Dakota. It’s ...

Frank Scott made it big as the pianist and top music arranger for Lawrence Welk. James "Jim" Hendrickson, now of Onamia, Minn., knew Frank well. They grew up two doors away from each other in Fargo.

There’s a lot to be said for preserving Lawrence Welk’s childhood home. The Strasburg native entertained countless North Dakotans and audiences around the world. The master of champagne music became ...

Before he became a household name as the host of his own self-titled television show, Lawrence Welk was a hardworking bandleader shaped by the rural Midwest, European folk traditions, and the rhythms ...

Nobody has ever seriously disputed the right of North Dakota to make a present to the entertainment world of bubbly Bandleader Lawrence (“Champagne Music”) Welk. Lawrence Welk was merely born in ...