LINCOLN COUNTY, WI (WTAQ)- State officials say chronic wasting disease has been detected in another Wisconsin county.
The DNR says a two-year-old buck harvested South of Rhinelander in Lincoln County has tested positive for the deadly brain disease.
Baiting and feeding will be banned in Lincoln County for the next three years and a two-year ban in Langlade County will go into effect, since the county is adjacent to Lincoln County. The existing ban in Oneida County will be renewed after the recent discovery.
47 Wisconsin counties have been affected by CWD.
