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Reply Mayor Mike Maguire gives the State of the City address in the city's community center. (Morgan Reddekopp/Patch) EAGAN, MN— Eagan Mayor Mike Maguire delivered the annual State of the City address Thursday. The State of the City addressed Eagan's resiliency during the pandemic, and how the city will move forward in 2021. "We have not been immune to the challenges of the past year and there is work to be done," Maguire said. "But because of our resilient nature we have every reason to be hopeful and optimistic." Subscribe Public Safety Eagan's fire department responded to around 5,000 c...

MADISON (WKOW) - Those hoping to hear the buzz of the periodical cicadas will have to wait a few more years, then the swarm will emerge. The last time southern Wisconsin heard the buzz from periodical cicadas was back in 2007 when Apple unveiled the first iPhone, then Illinois Senator Barak Obama announced his run for President of the United States and Ratatouille was playing in theaters. "The periodical cicadas have a very unique lifecycle," says PJ Liesch who works at the Insect Diagnostic Lab in the University of Wisconsin's Department of Entomology. Liesch, a Wisconsin native, grew up ...

Can We Open the Clark Nature Center Trails? - Newtown, PA - The trails have been closed to the public for 4 years due to trees killed by an insect known as the Emerald Ash Borer.

Granny smith apple, persimmon, and eastern white pine are just a few of the species being offered at the Washington Tree Committee’s annual free tree giveaway this Saturday. The event is being held for the second year at the Washington County Fairgrounds to allow social distancing amid the pandemic, and the public is asked to enter only from the campground road on the southeast corner of the fairground. Committee member Andy Dahl says 170 trees will be distributed for those who want to plant them, “We’ve got 15 species of trees so one of the things that we really want to push is diversi...

Dakota Gardener: Still on the Lookout for Emerald Ash Borer Joe Zeleznik Every year, just before Memorial Day, I work with colleagues at the North Dakota Forest Service (NDFS) and North Dakota Department of Agriculture (NDDA) to do an informational campaign during “Emerald Ash Borer Awareness Week.” Emerald ash borer (EAB) is an insect from Asia that attacks and kills ash trees, such as our native green ash and black ash. We don’t exactly “celebrate” the week, but instead we use it as an opportunity to remind people about the importance of tree species diversity and the role of fire...