Willmar, Minnesota, braces for inevitable arrival of emerald ash borer

Willmar, Minnesota, braces for inevitable arrival of emerald ash borer

WILLMAR — Just one year ago, Paul Tinklenberg and three co-workers made a trip to Jordan, Minnesota, for a University of Minnesota Extension-sponsored event where they saw firsthand what an emerald ash borer infestation looks like. “Some of those things that we saw on that day, I have seen in town,” said Tinklenberg, a foreman with the Willmar Public Works Department. The very early signs of a potential infestation, when the bark on an ash tree …