It will be a hot and steamy Fourth of July for fireworks, but it will be dry for most of the state. The Twin Cities and northern Minnesota will be under a Heat Advisory on Friday. Fireworks displays ...

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Central Minnesota is already planning fun festivities and events for the whole new year, and there's no time to waste.

The Fourth of July each year highlights a regional disparity: the Midwest is home to states with some of the strictest and the most permissive fireworks laws. Minnesota, unlike neighboring Wisconsin ...

They are festive, colorful and bright but also illegal in many cases in Minnesota. Fireworks that explode or leave the ground are against the law in Minnesota, but you might not ever know it after the ...