A sneak peek of the laser light show at Minneapolis' Boom Island
The stage is set for Red, White and Boom in downtown Minneapolis Monday night.
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The stage is set for Red, White and Boom in downtown Minneapolis Monday night.
While fireworks are enjoyed by many on the Fourth of July, the loud booms can be extremely frightening for dogs.
Many of you likely have big cookout plans for the Fourth of July, and we saw the grocery stores very busy with shoppers getting last-minute meals. We wanted to know how much it's going to cost to host a cookout this year. WCCO's Marielle Mohs found out.
AAA expects 50.7 million Americans to be traveling by sky, rails, or road, which is roughly 2 million more than the last record set in 2019.
Directly across the St. Croix River, fireworks sales in Hudson, Wisconsin are reaching new heights.
Pauleen Le has the latest on plans to close the Stone Arch Bridge in downtown Minneapolis during a busy holiday weekend.
The American Farm Bureau Federation says families can expect to pay $67.73, down 3% from last year's record high. The cookout includes 12 staple items, including hamburger buns, beef, chicken breast, lemonade, and chocolate chip cookies.
A sigh of relief as Minnesotans overcome the latest weather challenge, firework displays for the Fourth of July should not be impacted by drought conditions or wildfire risk.
The man charged with killing seven people at an Independence Day parade confessed to police that he unleashed a hail of bullets from a rooftop in suburban Chicago and then fled to the Madison, Wisconsin, area.
Several of the victims are in critical condition, police said.
It was a chaotic night in downtown Minneapolis for the Fourth of July, with crowds of people shooting fireworks in the middle of the streets of the Mill City District.
The 4-mile run was scheduled to start on Boom Island at 8 a.m.
The July Fourth holiday is starting out stormy, but things should clear up in time for evening cookouts and fireworks shows.
The Department of Transportation is considering new rules that would hold airlines accountable for their flight schedules and make them better compensate passengers.
Delta, one of the nation's largest airlines with a hub at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, has a free flight change policy for the Fourth of July holiday weekend, as the company expects a record number of travelers since the pandemic began.
Flight cancelations and delays are putting a real damper on summer getaways. To provide more flexibility, Delta is offering a travel waiver for anyone traveling over the Fourth of July holiday weekend.
Travel group predicts 42 million Americans will take a road trip of 50 miles or more.
You won't see fireworks over the Mississippi River in Minneapolis on the Fourth of July this year.
Shipping costs have gone up, forcing some to raise some prices 5% to 10%. Aerial fireworks are not legal in Minnesota, but they are in Wisconsin.
Want to know where to see fireworks in Minnesota this July 4th? Some cities have canceled for various reasons, but some other cities are still planning displays.
Instead, the park board says they're planning a series of July 4th events to take place at neighborhood parks and regional parks around the city.
A discussion of July 4th with Louise Stevenson, professor of History and American Studies at Franklin & Marshall College.
AAA predicts that Americans will take around 700 million trips this summer starting with the July 4th holiday. That is way down from previous years, but the majority of those are expected to be road trips.
The survey also found that about a third of Americans feel "less patriotic" this year than they have in the past.
The event is slated to include fighter jets thundering over the 79-year-old stone monument in South Dakota's Black Hills and the first fireworks display at the site since 2009.
