La Crosse County vector-control officer warns Vernon County board that program may be discontinued
Dave Geske, La Crosse County’s vector control manager, told the Vernon County Board of Health on Oct. 10 that a long-running mosquito-control program could be discontinued in 2018, and board members agreed to seek a presentation to the Vernon County Board of Supervisors to press for reconsideration.
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Dave Geske, Vector Control Manager for the La Crosse County Health Department, told the Vernon County Board of Health on Oct. 10 that the county’s vector-control program — active since the 1980s — may be discontinued in 2018 and that he was "very concerned" the diseases the program monitors could increase if it ends. Geske cited ongoing concerns about La Crosse encephalitis and new threats such as Zika as reasons for alarm.
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