Knapp’s restaurant and ice cream parlor to open

Eighteen ninety-nine

Historic

15 years ago June 29, 2009

Electrical, plumbing and heating contractor Jim Gollnick decided he would take up making lawn ornaments when he retired. “It got way out of hand before then,” he remarked from his back deck overlooking a huge lawn where 467 wooden characters call home.

Two evening severe storm cells pounded across Day County bringing 70 mph winds, heavy rain and good sized hail. Th…