“It’s time for your lice check,” a woman who goes by “Ms. K” whispers directly into my ear as she starts running her fingers into my scalp and through each strand of hair. I’m in a dark room, Eastern ...

Each week, to keep the little bugs from crawling all over the campus, Marilyn Hebert checks for lice in the hair of Fennville elementary school students. Some may call the preventive measure nitpicky, ...