Dec 14, 2020
âJughead,â a dog whose head got stuck inside a plastic container and eluded capture in North Mankato for weeks in 2015 was renamed Gulliver after his rescue. âGulliverâ was suggested as the name for one of North Mankato bike trails during a naming contest. Submitted file photo
NORTH MANKATO â âJugheadâ the hapless dog later renamed Gulliver, who got his head stuck in a plastic jar and was seen running around with it for weeks, could have been immortalized with his name donning a North Mankato bike trail. But Gulliver didnât make the cut.
The North Mankato City Council in a workshop Monday heard from Mayor Mark Dehen, an avid bicyclist, who worked with the cityâs bicycle commission to come up with official names for five recreation/bike loops and trails in the city. The city requested that residents submit ideas for trail names, with âGulliverâ being one of the suggestions.