New mosquito district uses county loan to open fire

Mosquito-reduction efforts are under way in Havre, less than a year after proponents successfully campaigned for the creation of an organized mosquito control district. District board members and employees said the district has started to apply larvicide to bodies of standing water, which are popular breeding grounds for airborne pests.

The larvicide applications mark a milestone for the Hill County Mosquito Control District, which was established last summer after organizers petitioned county officials. Mosquito reduction programs were not scheduled to begin until 2005, but a last-minute loan...