WINONA, Minn. – Police took three complaints about illegal fireworks Monday night — a prelude to what inevitably becomes an exhausting nightshift flurry on the Fourth of July. The law provides stiff penalties, but tickets are few. Culprits are almost always gone once officers locate their launch sites. Will the nightmare for police end on July 5? Probably not. There are people with left-over gunpowder devices to shoot off, although the frequency will taper off.
