Bed bugs close schools in Michigan district for 2 days
Bed bug feeding on human skin. (Photo by: Edwin Remsburg/VW Pics via Getty Images) (Edwin Remsberg, Getty Images)
MORENCI, Mich. (AP) – Students in a southern Michigan school district are getting a long weekend because of bed bugs.
Morenci schools in Lenawee County are closed Thursday and Friday. The superintendent says a “few” bugs were discovered in the high school Tuesday.
Michael McAran says the district is using a rubbing alcohol spray in buildings as well as dogs that can detect bed bugs.
“I would suggest that this would be a great time to make sure that backpacks, winter jackets, hats, gloves and boots are washed and dried in high heat,” McAran told parents .
Morenci is in southeastern Michigan near the Ohio border.
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