Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
PAUL SEMO, of Rhinelander, Wis., holds his son, Jaxson, who was born on July 15. Semo was then a patient at the Veterans Administration hospital in Iron Mountain, recovering from multiple injuries from a May 28 all-terrain vehicle accident in Iron County, Wis. Semo and his wife, Dana, are originally from Ironwood. Dana was in Iron Mountain when she went into labor on the day Paul was to be discharged. Jaxson was born at another hospital in Iron Mountain and they all went home a few days later. Spider's Bar in Hurley is hosting a fundraiser to help the family Aug. 27.
May 28 was supposed to be a beautiful day for enjoying what the Northwoods has to offer.
Paul Semo, of Rhinelander, Wis., and his 11-year-old daughter, Alexius, said they planned an outing on a four-wheeler Paul inherited from his grandfather.
They traveled from the town of Carey with a group of friends onward to the Plummer Mine headframe in Pence, where they stopped for a break.
Feeling the ride was too rugged, Paul said Alexius chose to continue with a friend on a different all-terrain vehicle. A couple miles down the road, Paul said he turned around to retrieve his hat when he was met by a...
