Santa Claus is coming to North Mankato Taylor Library
Santa Claus is coming to North Mankato Taylor Library By Kelsey Barchenger | December 16, 2020 at 1:28 PM CST - Updated December 16 at 1:28 PM
MANKATO, Minn. (KEYC) - Santa Claus is coming to town. North Mankato that is, courtesy of the North Mankato Taylor Library.
This Friday night, Santa will leave the library on Belgrade Avenue at 6:00 p.m. and will make his way through various North Mankato neighborhoods. It’s an effort to bring something familiar to a holiday that looks a lot different from year’s past.
“It’s a way to bring Santa to the kids, people can get outside, safely distance themselves, and wave and say hello to him, as we are driving through,” says Katie Heintz, Director of North Mankato Taylor Library.
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.
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