Thursday Morning Read: Booming fireworks business, district to study school seclusion, another Dunkin’ Donuts coming

TODAY'S WEATHER — Warm, chance of late day storms. High 90, low 67.

BOOMING FIREWORKS BUSINESS — Many area fireworks retailers are calling their first season of fireworks sales in Iowa a success and some already are looking forward to the prospect of increasing their retail footprint next year. Linn County had more licensed locations than any other county with 58. Read more: https://www.thegazette.com/business/booming-fireworks-business-in-eastern-iowa-leads-to-expansion-plans/

DISTRICT TO STUDY SCHOOL SECLUSION — The Cedar Rapids school district will form a task force to study how staff restrains and secludes agitated students, according to an email sent to Pierce Elementary families this week. The decision follows an April 5 incident — reported Sunday in The Gazette — in which the district admitted Pierce staff violated Iowa's Administrative Rules by holding a third-grade girl in an unauthorized seclusion room for behavior that wasn't physically aggressive. Read more: https://www.thegazette.com/k/cedar-rapids-to-study-school-seclusion-and-restraint/

ANOTHER DUNKIN' DONUTS COMING — A second Dunkin' Donuts store in Cedar Rapids and the chain's fourth in the Corridor is under construction at 1640 Edgewood Rd. SW. A Pizza Hut was formerly at that location. Read more: https://www.thegazette.com/news/another-dunkin-donuts-to-open-in-cedar-rapids/

ILLINOIS DEFENSIVE TACKLE PICKS IOWA — For a few weeks in May, Oswego (Ill.) defensive tackle Noah Shannon was a Minnesota Golden Gophers commit. There were pictures and everything. But on his Twitter account Tuesday afternoon, Shannon announced his commitment to the Hawkeyes. Read more: https://www.thegazette.com/sports/illinois-defensive-tackle-picks-the-hawkeyes/

QUOTABLE — 'We've just legalized and put in the hands of a lot more people explosives. That's not a good idea. People don't know how to use them and they are going to mishandle them and there are going to be accidents and that's exactly what we saw.' Dr. Hans House, emergency room physician at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics