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” ...

"What a pretty console," organist Bob Ralston said when he first glanced at the sparkling gold Wurlitzer Theater Organ situated on the black Orpheum Theater stage. Ralston, a star of the Lawrence Welk ...

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Explore the life and legacy of North Dakota's farm boy turned television star, Lawrence Welk. Lawrence Welk was born to Russian immigrant parents in Strasburg, North Dakota, where he developed a ...