La Crosse County had 8 drug overdoses in the past week that resulted in 2 deaths. But local officials are predicting 2019 was a better year than 2018 when it comes to overdose-related deaths.
Dr. Chris Eberlein, an emergency medicine physician at Gundersen Health System told News8000.com that there were 22 overdose deaths last year, with data still being crunched. 2018 had 24 overdose deaths.