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 ...

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 ...