Local News West Nile virus casualty in Mid Michigan By Kyle Sandel - October 24, 2017 Share on Facebook Tweet on Twitter Photo courtesy of 21 WFMJ. A woman in Mid-Michigan has died from complications of West Nile Virus. Details are limited on her death. The Mid-Michigan District Health Dept isn’t able to tell when the woman, from Montcalm Co, contracted the virus or even when she passed away.