by Dar Danielson | Jan 19, 2023 | Fires/Accidents/Disasters, News
The number of Iowa counties without a confirmed infestation of the emerald ash borer is now down to three. The Iowa Department of Agriculture has added Monona, Osceola, and Woodbury Counties to the list of infestations. The insects were confirmed in Blencoe, Melvin,...
by Dar Danielson | Feb 20, 2014 | Fires/Accidents/Disasters, News, Outdoors, Top Story
The State Agriculture Department has circled two more counties in red on the map it uses to track the spread of the emerald ash borer. Department entomologist, Robin Pruisner says larva was delivered to them on the same day from two cities. “One was Waverly in...
by Matt Kelley | Feb 4, 2014 | Fires/Accidents/Disasters, News, Outdoors, Top Story
State officials are issuing a statewide quarantine targeting the emerald ash borer (EAB), an insect that kills ash trees. The quarantine that begins today follows the discovery of the invasive beetle in a sixth Iowa county. State entomologist Robin Pruisner says every...
