FARGO — Prairie Public is celebrating one of North Dakota’s most beloved sons with a new documentary about bandleader and television icon Lawrence Welk. “Lawrence Welk: A North Dakota Farm Boy” ...

This biographical documentary explores the life and legacy of Lawrence Welk. Lawrence Welk was born to Russian immigrant parents in Strasburg, North Dakota, where he developed a strong work ethic and ...

For more than three decades, The Lawrence Welk Show was a staple in American living rooms, with its trademark champagne music and gentle humor. Hosted by North Dakota-born bandleader Lawrence Welk, ...

BISMARCK, N.D. — Lawrence Welk didn't have a flush toilet where he grew up, but visitors to his childhood home in rural North Dakota now do. The bandleader’s childhood family home marks the latest ...

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 ...

The year was 1955. Ike was in the White House, Disneyland had just opened, and rock and roll was starting to rattle the rafters. But you wouldn’t find any swiveling hips or hound dogs howling on ...