That was until 2023 when an agreement was reached — championed by now-Mayor Zach Lindstrom — to buy the statue for a dollar. "The cool thing was is we sold the mermaid to the city of Mounds ...

Instead, it appears to have been the act of two drunken young men who shamefacedly returned the appendage two days later. The mermaid ... the statue has managed to keep herself in one piece.

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Denmark’s Little Mermaid statue, beloved symbol of fairy tale innocence, fell victim Tuesday to cynicism — decapitated by vandals who apparently called a cameraman to ...

MOUNDS VIEW, Minn. — For more than five decades, drivers on Highway 10 got glimpses of the 30-foot statue standing high above the city of Mounds View. It was taken down and placed into storage ...