Prairie Public documentary celebrates life of North Dakota's own Lawrence Welk

Prairie Public documentary celebrates life of North Dakota's own Lawrence Welk

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” premieres at 7 p.m. on Monday, July 14 on Prairie Public. The one-hour film explores Welk’s journey from a German-Russian immigrant farm family near Strasburg, N.D., to the bright lights of Hollywood, where "The Lawrence Welk Show" became a national sensa…