Singer Tom Netherton’s rise to fame is a bit like a fairy tale.Just out of the army in 1973, he was singing in a musical pageantin Medora, N.D., when the owners of the show arranged for him toperform ...

Singer Tom Netherton isn’t exactly a household name. So he’s often surprised at how well his audience knows him, his music and his life in show business. As part of his musical act now running at The ...

Tom Netherton of Lawrence Welk Show fame stands by the piano at Greencroft Senior Center Thursday afternoon during his visit to Elkhart County. There was an excited murmur around Greencroft Senior ...

The educational and entertainment components of Goshen’s Celebrate America event continue to grow. Tom Netherton, formerly of the Lawrence Welk Show and frequent entertainer at the Elkhart County 4-H ...

The Medora Musical has been the launching pad for a couple of nationwide careers. Both David Soul, who went onto fame as Det. Ken "Hutch" Hutchinson on TV's "Starsky and Hutch," and Tom Netherton, a ...

Jan. 24—If you're like me and grew up before the age of DVRs, streaming services and video on demand, you know we didn't have a lot of choice when it came to TV. Most of us only had three or four ...

A number of featured performers in the entertainment industry were groomed early in their career by spending a summer, or two, participating in western North Dakota's "Medora Musical." However, after ...

Q: I would like to know more about Tom Netherton, a singer from "The Lawrence Welk Show." Was he an officer in the Army? Did he ever marry? Does he still sing? J.E.H., no city or state You must be ...