Branson repeatedly cited motel for bed bugs; tips for visitors
BRANSON MO NEWS: BRANSON, Mo. (KY3) – One motel has been repeatedly reported for bed bugs in recent months. With the hundreds of lodging options in the tourist town, the Taney County Health Department says bed bugs are never off its radar, and cases have increased in the last couple years.
At the Midwest Inn on Missouri 165, the Taney County Health Department has responded to eight bed bug complaints since April, the latest being last week.
“We’re looking in the bed seams, the curtains, headboards. If we do find bedbugs, alive or dead, we shut that room down,” said Craig Rhoads, manager of the Taney County Health Department’s Environmental Division.
“Two out of the three passed, but the third one had remnants of dead bugs, which means it wasn’t deep-cleaned to standards, which we have done since,” said Nick Gabriella, Midwest Inn manager.
Gabriella, the motel’s new manager, admits they have had a problem, which he’s working to remedy. He says they’re heating the rooms to about 120 degrees, as the health department recommends.
“We spent $2,600 on professional grade sprays and we bought two heaters, and we’ve been treating every room as the guests leave. So yeah, there was a problem, but it …
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