First positive case of CWD in a wild deer in Lacrosse County
Dec 22, 2025, 4:34 PM CST
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LACROSSE, WIS. (CIVIC MEDIA) The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has confirmed the first positive test result for chronic wasting disease (CWD) in a wild deer in La Crosse County. The deer was a hunter-harvested adult buck and was harvested within 10 miles of both the Monroe and Vernon County borders.
La Crosse County was under a two-year baiting and feeding ban prior to this detection. That ban will be extended for another three years and will reset following any future detections, as required by state law. Monroe and Vernon counties currently have three-year baiting and feeding bans in place for positive detections within each respective county. This detection will not impact those counties.
State law requires that the DNR enact a three-year baiting and feeding ban in counties where CWD has been detected, as well as a two-year ban in adjoining counties within 10 miles of a CWD detection. If additional CWD cases are found during the lifetime of a baiting and feeding ban, the ban will renew for an additional two or three years.
Adam Hess has been involved in radio broadcasting since 1990, with many of those years spent on the air at WRCO FM in Richland Center. Currently, Adam hosts the Weekend Wake-up and Prime Mover Saturdays on WRCO FM, jumps in and helps out with news duties, handles Social Media duties for WRCO and WRCE, and is the Director of Technology at a Southwest Wisconsin School District. Reach him at [email protected].
Jo Ann Krulatz is Senior Radio Journalist and News Director at WRCO and WRCE in Richland Center. Email her at [email protected].
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