There is a new addition to our landscape. A memorial for the three Chippewa County Girl Scouts who were run down on the side of the road four years ago now stands tall as an honor to their lives.
Friends and family members of Jayna Kelley, Autumn Helgeson, Haylee Hickle dedicated the new memorial yesterday. It is a heart on top of a cross, and it stands 19 feet tall and 10 feet across. The girls, and one of their mothers, died when a driver hit them with his pickup truck while they were picking-up trash along the highway in Lake Hallie back in 2018. Police say the driver, Colten Treu, was high at the time. He’s serving a 54 year sentence for the crime.
