Children from a local day care are pictured in front of the gnome house on Hebner Street. “Wow. That’s fantastic!” is just one of the many pleasant reactions a new tree carving on the eastside of the ...

Grinding an old tree stump into oblivion isn't the only way to deal with it. You also can turn it into something that adults ...

During a vacation trip to Wisconsin several years ago, a wooden hand-carved gnome beckoned to Nancy Allan. She was going to buy it to bring home to North Mankato, but her husband, David Allan said, “I ...

Garden gnomes have always been a curiosity for me. I like them and don’t mind seeing or having a gnome in the garden, but how in the world did this tradition get started? Apparently, the practice of ...