CHIPPEWA COUNTY, Wis. (WFRV) - A wild deer in Chippewa County tested positive for chronic wasting disease (CWD), causing baiting and feeding bans to be renewed in two western Wisconsin counties. A release from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) states that officials recently confirmed the first positive test result for CWD in a wild deer found in Chippewa County. Officials say the deer was a hunter-harvested 1-year-old buck. It was harvested within 10 miles of the Barron and Dunn County borders. Health Department: Case of mumps confirmed in Wisconsin The detection in Chippewa County has the following effects and baiting and feeding bans: Chippewa County Will renew a 3-year baiting and feeding ban already in place Barron County Will renew a 2-year baiting and feeding ban already in place Dunn County Currently has a 3-year baiting and feeding ban in place for positive detections within the county The DNR and the Chippewa County Deer Advisory Council are hosting a public meeting on February 6, at 6:30 p.m. to provide information about CWD in Wisconsin and local testing efforts within Chippewa County. The DNR is required by state law to 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. WPS: Tips for keeping your family warm as the bitter cold hits Wisconsin CWD is a fatal, infectious nervous system disease of deer, moose, elk, and reindeer/caribou caused by an infectious protein that affects the animal’s brain. More information about CWD can be found here.