Politics & Government
West Nile Found in Mosquitoes in St. Charles; City Sprays All Day Friday
Clarke conducts St. Charles spraying from dawn to dusk on Friday, Aug. 23.
By Ted Schnell
The city of St. Charles' mosquito-control vendor, Clarke, is conducting a citywide spray targeting mosquitoes after a sample batch of mosquitoes collected in St. Charles tested positive for West Nile virus.
The city of St. Charles issued a release Thursday afternoon to let residents know ahead of the spraying, which is scheduled from dawn to dusk Friday, Aug. 23, 2013.
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The Kane County Health Department has detected West Nile virus in mosquitoes and in dead birds elsewhere in the county, although this is the first time the virus has been detected in St. Charles this summer.
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