Lawrence Welk was born May 11, 1903, in Strasburg, N.D., about a 70-mile drive southeast from Bismarck. The sixth of eight children, his parents were part of the wave of Germans from Russia who moved ...

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” ...

Lawrence Welk's niece recalls happy days at the family home in Strasburg, N.D. Fern Welk was a nurse and a nutritionist and a ferocious protector of her husband's diet, but when he came home to ...

The gig: Jon Fredricks, 51, is president of the Welk Resort Group, part of the business empire built by his grandfather, bandleader Lawrence Welk, a North Dakota farmer’s son with a fourth-grade ...

Pete Fountain, New Orleans jazz clarinetist who appeared on “The Lawrence Welk Show” and “The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson,” has died. He was 86. Fountain died of heart failure on Saturday in ...

Myron Floren was 4 years old when he discovered the accordion in 1923. Floren — born on Nov. 5, 1919 — was living with his family on a small farm in Roslyn, South Dakota, at the time. A nearby farmer ...

Child sex abuse is one of the most heinous crimes a person can commit. When a celebrity is accused or convicted of one of this crime, fans are rightfully horrified and angry. However, celebrities who ...

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 ...