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BAYONNE, NEW JERSEY – Henry Repeating Arms, the leading lever action rifle manufacturer headquartered in Bayonne, N.J., will begin manufacturing their steel centerfire rifles in their Rice Lake, Wisconsin facility in 2014. To date the Wisconsin plant has supplied the Bayonne operation with many components used in all Henry models including receivers, bolts, sights and other internal parts. Several million dollars of new computerized machining equipment was invested in the Wisconsin facility to support the manufacturing of the company’s caliber .30-30 and .45-70 rifles and to increase the volume of the components produced for its rimfire rifles. Henry Repeating Arms...

Deer and Deer Hunting MagazineSupporting the Rice Lake Hunters...Please join Deer & Deer Hunting and industry sponsors as we help raise funds for the Rice Lake Hunters Survivors & Victims Fund.Deer & Deer Hunting will present a series of internet auctions at www.deeranddeerhunting.com. 100% of the auction proceeds go directly to the benefit fund.Beginning May 1st, you'll have a chance to bid on guns, bows, hunting trips, clothing, hunting accessories and many other items in monthly auctions at www.deerandeerhunting.com.Here's a list of current industry organizations who have donated items to be auctioned.Drury OutdoorsBowtechBushnellLoggy BayouCVAHoytDeer CamRealTreeMathewsGamehideKA-BAR KnivesX ScentMuzzyLone WolfSchmidt BenderMarlinQuaker BoyThe...

A Rice Lake, Wisconsin Perspective It was Sunday evening, 11/21/04, and my son and I were on our way back from the deer shack after opening weekend of the Wisconsin deer season. The radio said that there was a man loose in the woods near Birchwood, who had shot 8 people already, with 5 already dead, and that anyone in the area should get out. I looked over at my son in disbelief, and in an attempt to prepare him for the fallout, said “This is going to affect us somehow… we’re going to know people involved in this”. We’d...

RICE LAKE, Wis. - In a close-knit town where many families gather this time of year to hunt deer, residents instead are attending funerals for six hunters shot and killed in Wisconsin's northwoods. Blaze-orange ribbons tied around the lampposts along Rice Lake's Main Street pay tribute to the hunters, as do bows adorning some business signs and car antennas in this northwestern Wisconsin town of about 8,500. The deaths have saddened virtually the entire community, said Bob Stanonik, who was selling Christmas trees Friday on Main Street as 100 to 200 people gathered at a church for the first funeral....

Homicide connection explored Sunday's shooting has similarities to a 2001 killing 80 miles away By JOHN DIEDRICH jdiedrich@journalsentinel.com Posted: Nov. 23, 2004 Law enforcement agencies are investigating if the man suspected of killing six deer hunters and injuring two others was involved in the unsolved slaying of a deer hunter three years ago in a nearby Wisconsin county, a detective said Tuesday. Clark County Sheriff's Department Detective Kerry Kirn said he has exchanged frequent calls with investigators in Sawyer County since Monday morning. "I can tell you we have been in contact with authorities from Sawyer County to address that,"...