welkhome2small BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The state Historical Society is still negotiating the purchase price of the boyhood home of famous band leader Lawrence Welk.

The group voted 6-5 in January to buy the Strasburg homestead from Welk’s nieces. But a final sale price was not negotiated.

The purchase agreement also was contingent on negotiated repairs being made to the property, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

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.

Historical Society Director Merl Paaverud (PAH’-vuhr-ood) says he expects details of the purchase to be worked out sometime this spring.

Tours of the homestead led by volunteers are slated to begin on Memorial Day.