Fireworks

As a kid, what was your favorite firework to buy?

"Oh boy, heat and fireworks! My favorite!", said no dog ever.

Every year on the 4th of July we get families and friends together, eat, drink, enjoy merriment, and most uniquely of any of our holidays, we set off tons of fireworks. But why do we do this?

4th of July in South Dakota means lots of fireworks! If you live in Sioux Falls you will hear lots of pops and bangs leading up to the 4th, but are they legal?

Add another atomic disappointment to 2020. There goes the 4th of July Fireworks at the WH Lyon Fairgrounds.

Concerns over wildfires had tabled the fireworks display for the past 11 years, but the National Park Service made the announcement that celebration would take place. This came after an environmental assessment showed that no great impact would be caused to local vegetation by the fireworks.

There's a plan in the works to bring a Independence Day fireworks celebration back to the Mount Rushmore Memorial.

It's been 10 years since fireworks have been seen over the four faces of Mount Rushmore. That's about to change.

The Sioux Falls Police Department received 323 fireworks reports in Sioux Falls city limits. That's down from 2017. There were no citations issued.

In this video you travel along the Fireworks Strip of Highway 212 from Watertown east to the Minnesota boarder in 1997. Maybe you'll see someplace you remember.