By: Taylor Christensen | Royal Oak Review | Published September 23, 2024
ROYAL OAK — The Royal Oak Public Library will reopen at 1 p.m. Sept. 23 following a closing due to bugs found in a returned DVD case.
Library staff reported on Facebook at 6 p.m. Sept. 21 that they had found “multiple species of bugs” in a DVD case that was returned in the book drop sometime after the library had closed on Friday, according to the post.
The species of bugs was unclear to the library staff, who ultimately closed the library for the weekend for health and safety reasons.
The Facebook post reported that after the bugs were found, the staff immediately locked the book drops and all items in the drops at the time were bagged and isolated in the library's garage.
Following an inspection done on the morning of Sept. 23 by a pest control company, it was determined that the species of bug was a cockroach, according to Library Director Sandy Irwin.
Irwin also said that the library was cleared by the pest control company, which inspected all returned items in the book drop and the building as a whole.
“We receive monthly pest inspections of the building, so you should not have any worries coming to the library,” the Royal Oak Public Library posted on Facebook Sept. 23.