Fireworks bring revenue, debate to Mount Pleasant

A collection of white tents housing small armories of sparklers, 500-gram cakes and mortars have popped up all over Mount Pleasant. They are here because Michigan has removed its ban on consumer-grade fireworks. The bill, known as the Michigan Fireworks Safety Act and signed by Gov. Rick Snyder, took effect Jan. 1. It allows for the sale and use of all class C consumer-grade fireworks throughout the state. Shari Hall of Newaygo is running the Jake’s Fireworks tent on Mission Street. “I’m just glad they opened it here,” Hall said. “Everyone was just going out of state to buy them anyways.”


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