DAVID HOTLE
MUSCATINE â With one of only three days fireworks are legally permitted to be shot off in Muscatine coming up at the end of the week, officials encourage people wishing to use fireworks to ring in 2021 to do so safely.
Muscatine Communications Manager Kevin Jenison said no vendors requested safety inspections of pop-up fireworks stands in the weeks leading up to New Yearâs. According to city code, fireworks can be discharged from 9 a.m. Dec. 31 to 1:30 a.m. Jan. 1. Fireworks are also permitted to be shot July 3 and 4.
âWe typically donât get vendors setting up for the New Yearâs holiday,â Jenison said.