Superior Cancels July 4th Fireworks

Mayor Jim Paine says he hopes the city can have the fireworks later in the year or have an even better celebration next Fourth of July.

SUPERIOR, Wis. – The City of Superior has canceled its 4th of July fireworks display scheduled for Saturday night.

The city made the announcement in this news release sent Friday:

“Due to the recent increase in COVID-19 cases in Douglas County, the City of Superior has chosen to cancel the Fourth of July fireworks show scheduled for tomorrow night. This decision was made in consultation with Wisconsin Department of Health Services and Douglas County Public Health.

The decision to cancel the fireworks show this year was made to help ensure the safety of our community members during the recent increase in positive COVID-19 cases in Douglas County. Although citizens and spectators were being encouraged to stay in or near their vehicles to observe the fireworks, this could not be guaranteed.”

Mayor Jim Paine says he hopes the city can have the fireworks later in the year or have an even better celebration next Fourth of July.

“As much as I like to believe that everybody is going to behave responsibly or that they have the best information to behave responsibly that’s just not true so we need to protect everybody’s health and make a responsible decision that works for everybody,” said Mayor Paine.

Fireworks are also banned in the city of Superior and Mayor Paine said police officers will be ticketing people who choose to fire them off anyway.

The annual Duluth fireworks are not happening on Saturday and have instead been postponed until Labor Day weekend.