CWD reaches a new Minnesota northern limit with discovery of deer disease in Beltrami County Tony Kennedy, Star Tribune © Dreamstime/TNS State officials earlier this month confirmed the latest spread of chronic wasting disease has taken the dreaded deer threat as far north as it's ever been found in Minnesota, to an area northeast of Bemidji where tribal hunting is now at increased risk for CWD. MINNEAPOLIS — The latest confirmed spread of chronic wasting disease has taken the dreaded deer threat as far north as it's ever been found in Minnesota, to an area northeast of B...