Welk home purchase agreement

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota’s Historical Society has drafted an agreement to finalize the purchase of the boyhood home of famous band leader Lawrence Welk.
 
     State Historical Society Director Claudia Berg says the group’s board is slated to vote on the agreement next month. The group voted to buy the Strasburg homestead from Welk’s nieces about a year ago. But a final sale price was not negotiated. 
 
     The Legislature last year included $100,000 in the Historical Society’s budget for the purchase but lawmakers stipulated that repairs must first be made.
 
     Berg says most of the work has been done. She says all other repairs to the site must be made by spring.
 
     Berg says some of the $100,000 payment will be held until all work is completed.