Man Suffers Firework Injury in Central Minnesota

St Cloud, MN (AP) - Authorities in central Minnesota say a Wisconsin man was hurt when a firework went off near his face on Christmas Eve.

The Stearns County Sheriff's Office was called to a medical emergency in Collegeville Township around 11 p.m. Tuesday. Authorities say 41-year-old Daniel Rothstein of Dane, Wisconsin, was lighting fireworks when a firework went off near his face. The firework injured Rothstein's face. He was taken to a hospital to be treated.