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Rats continue to be a problem for employees in Alameda County offices at the Eastmont Town Center in Oakland, a county employee said this week.

KVRR Local News May 10, 2021 The fee to secure Airborne Custom Spraying of Halstad, Minnesota is $12,000. That money would count toward the spraying cost which runs around $28,000 per application if the city council decided to go ahead and spray later in the summer. Cass County Vector Control has provided mosquito control service to Moorhead since 2015, but this year’s renewal is having a bit of push back over concerns of aerial spraying. Concerns remain over how the mosquito insecticide will continue to affect the area. It comes after a mass butterfly kill-off in the FM metro caused by aer...

Fargo signs mosquito control contract, seeks more input on spraying The city of Moorhead, which decided to pause aerial spraying when it signed its contract last month, is set to discuss the issue again on Monday. 6:00 am, May 7, 2021 × Dead monarch butterflies were found across the Fargo area after aerial spraying in August 2020 to control mosquitoes. WDAY photo FARGO — Fargo City Commissioners have signed the city's annual mosquito control contract but are seeking more input before making final decisions on aerial and ground-based spraying this year. Aerial spraying...

Hantavirus discovered in San Diego County deer mice Contributed and last updated 2021-04-28 19:43:18-04 BOULEVARD (CNS) - Two deer mice collected during routine vector surveillance activities in Boulevard -- a census-designated place near Manzanita in southeastern San Diego County -- have tested positive for hantavirus, county environmental health officials announced Wednesday. While this is the first detection of hantavirus in the region this year, the virus is not uncommon in San Diego County, officials said. In 2020, 25 rodents collected in routine monitoring by County Vector Control teste...

KVRR Local News Moorhead City Councilmembers discuss removal of aerial spraying "The aerial spraying doesn't occur until August and so that will give us time to actually consider what sort of aerial spraying parameters and then vote on that separately." April 26, 2021 MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) — Moorhead City Council approves the city’s contract with Cass County Vector Control over mosquito spraying but votes to remove aerial spraying over concerns of harmful effects. Cass County Vector Control has provided mosquito control service to Moorhead since 2015, but this year’s renewal is having ...