New Memorial to Chippewa County Girl Scouts Tragedy

Friday, November 4th, 2022 -- 9:00 AM

(Bob Hague, WRN) A newly placed memorial honors the victims of a tragedy in Chippewa County.

Four years after three Girl Scouts and one of their moms were struck and killed by an impaired driver while doing a cleanup alongside a county road, an impressive memorial marks the spot where their lives were lost.

The memorial along County Highway P in the Village of Lake Hallie stands nearly 20-feet high and weighs around 1,500 pounds. It carries the first names of the four victims - 9-year-old Jayna Kelley, 10-year-old Autumn Helgeson, 10-year-old Haylee Hickle, and Haylee's mother, Sara Jo Schneider.

The driver who struck the Girl Scout Troop on November 3 2018 is serving a 54 year prison sentence.

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