Ultimate Christmas village 27 years in the making

A Waukesha couple's Christmas village puts all other Christmas villages to rest. In reality, it's more of a Christmas city. Welcome to Lake Dianne. “From the very beginning, we bought Dianne five houses as a possible collection thing in 1995 at Christmas. It spiraled way out of control way too fast," Ken Obermann, Dianne's husband said. From that moment in 1995, Dianne took on the role of mayor and Ken became the director of the department of public works of Lake Dianne. "We got possessed with it," Dianne Obermann said. Lake Dianne has 101 houses and a population of about 300 people. There are more than 1,000 trees, a school, city hall, downtown, a tavern, a lake, ice fishers, frosty the snowman, a general store, skiers, tubers, a gondola, and I have to give a shoutout to my fellow journalists as the Colonial Village News. MORE: https://www.tmj4.com/news/local-news/... --------- TMJ4 News in Milwaukee, Wisconsin is your source for local breaking news, in-depth investigations, the latest weather and traffic, and livestreams on news happening right now. Subscribe to the TMJ4 YouTube channel:    / @tmj4   Watch 24/7 TMJ4 live coverage here: https://www.tmj4.com/live Download the TMJ4 app: https://www.tmj4.com/apps Sign up for the TMJ4 Newsletter: https://www.tmj4.com/newsletters Watch more TMJ4 on YouTube:    / @tmj4   On The Go with James Groh: https://on.tmj4.com/3V1oLvH Milwaukee Tonight: https://on.tmj4.com/3UZroya