The first mosquitoes carrying West Nile virus have been detected in northeast South Dakota.
Dr. Michael Wimberly, a natural resources professor at South Dakota State University, says they’re projecting a good potential of more transmission of the West Nile Virus than last year….

Wimberly says at the moment there is a very low chance of a person getting the virus, but he expects those chances to increase rapidly in the next few weeks. Weather will play a huge role in the increase….

South Dakota has been one of the hotbeds for human cases of West Nile in the past. But, only 42 cases of the virus were reported last year.