Coldwater Village Administrator Eric Thomas measures a hole made by an emerald ash borer in an ash tree on Sunset Drive near the village park on Tuesday morning. Nearly every community in the Grand Lake area has reported infestations in ash trees - the only species the destructive bugs inhabit.

Officials estimate that hundreds of local ash trees are infected and dying from a small bug that's invaded the U.S. The destructive emerald ash borer (EAB) has established itself in several local communities including Coldwater . . .