The state's search for additional evidence of chronic wasting disease continues to come up empty. None of the 665 adult deer tested for CWD in southeastern Minnesota tested positive for the disease.
Starting Monday, residents of four southeastern Minnesota counties will be forbidden to feed deer as part of an effort to fight chronic wasting disease in the state. The ban is taking place in Dodge, Goodhue, Olmsted and Wabasha counties and will continue indefinitely.
A federal laboratory has confirmed that a white-tailed deer killed near the southeastern Minnesota town of Pine Island has tested positive for chronic wasting disease.
Officials at St. Cloud Regional Airport can now use guns to help control wildlife that pose a safety risk to flights. That, after city council members approved the measure this week.