BRANSON MO NEWS:
A favorite summer pastime soon will light up the skies on both sides of the Missouri River.For the first time in nearly 80 years, Iowans, like their Nebraska neighbors, can purchase and set off fireworks for the Fourth of July.Omahans can begin buying and lighting firecrackers in town on Sunday, but some fireworks businesses already have opened up shop in Iowa.Fireworks could be sold in permanent structures in Iowa starting June 1, weeks before Nebraska sales begin. Fireworks sales in temporary structures such as tents could begin on June 13 in Iowa.Dan Williams, owner of Wild Willy’s Fireworks, told The Omaha World-Herald that he has had several locations in Iowa running since last week.“We see it as a new market,” he said of the Springfield, Nebraska-based business.But expansion into Iowa hasn’t been as easy for Bellino Fireworks.The Papillion-based company is seeking an injunction in U.S. District Court to bar four central Iowa cities from enforcing fireworks restrictions.The Des Moines Register reported that Ankeny, Boone, Johnson and Pleasant Hill are the targets of the Bellino complaint. Another company has sued to stop Des Moines from limiting firework sales to industrial areas.According …
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