Wisconsin residents are urged to protect themselves from mosquito bites in light of the first confirmed case of West Nile virus in the state.
The Department of Health Services found the virus in a healthy blood donor in Washington County. Around the same time, a dead bird in Chippewa County tested positive for the virus.
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