top of page
Search

8/7/2024

jesse4430
Aug 7, 2024
1 min read

UPPER MICHIGAN - The Marquette County Health Department is alerting the public to the presence of the West Nile Virus in the Upper Peninsula after a crow was found to be infected in Marquette County.  The virus is carried by infected mosquitoes.  In human’s symptoms often occur within 3 to 15 days of a mosquito bite and include fever, headache, body aches, skin rash and swollen glands.  Heath Department officials say use insect repellent containing DEET, wear long-sleeved shirts and long pants when outdoors, and to Empty water from sites around your home such as buckets, unused kiddie pools, old tires and other places mosquitoes could lay eggs.

 
 
 

Recent Posts

See All
10/23/2026

BAYFIELD - The Bayfield County Sheriff’s Committee has reversed its recommendation for a countywide Flock camera policy, which could have included a ban. The Daily Press reports that, in a unanimous v

 
 
 
10/23/2026

GOGEBIC COUNTY - The fire risk remains high for Gogebic and Ontonagon County and much of the U.P. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources, in a press release yesterday, warning that warmer than

 
 
 
10/23/2026

UPPER MICHIGAN - Michigan’s Republican U.S. Senate Candidate Mike Rogers made a campaign stop in Marquette yesterday. Rogers outlined several issued and his plans to address problems to Michigan’s ed

 
 
 

Comments

bottom of page