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King of Beer returns two years after vandals broke off his arm

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Video shows three men breaking off arm of King Gambrinus. 

Two years after vandals were caught on video ripping his arm off, the a renovated statue of King Gambrinus has returned to his pedestal.

The statue, located on the other side of 3rd St. from the Giant Six Pack, has been a symbol of both the Heileman brewery and City Brewery.

In March of 2015, surveillance video caught three people climbing onto the pedestal and breaking off the arm of the King of Beer.

The fiberglass arm, apparently, was broken off by accident by the guys posing for a picture late that night.

A native of Prairie du Chien, Brad graduated from UW - La Crosse and has worked in radio news for more than 30 years, mostly in the La Crosse area. He regularly covers local courts and city and county government. Brad produces the features "Yesterday in La Crosse" and "What's Buried on Brad's Desk." He also writes the website "Triviazoids," which finds odd connections between events that happen on a certain date, and he writes and performs with the local comedy group Heart of La Crosse. Brad been featured on several national TV programs because of his memory skills.

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