By Susan Thompson | Lake Panorama Times
The date for the 2025 Fire in the Sky fireworks display is Saturday, July 5. This will be the 30th year this Fourth of July holiday tradition at Lake Panorama has been organized by the Joe Scheiring family. Joe passed away in August 2014. Family members continue to organize the event to honor his memory.
The fireworks are launched from Shady Beach beginning around dusk. Rita Scheiring, Joe’s widow, moved to Polk City in 2017. Her daughter and son-in-law, Stephanie and Kelvin Hafner, and their four children have a home at Lake Panorama.
In the early days, the annual fireworks display always was on the Fourth of July, but the Scheirings heard from people who were disappointed they couldn’t attend when the holiday fell on a weekday. Now the display is always on the first Saturday of July, so families can make their plans well in advance of the holiday.
The Scheiring family says generous community support and donations make this one of the best fireworks displays around. Donations for the 2025 Lake Panorama fireworks display can be sent to Rita Scheiring/Fire in the Sky, P.O. Box 605, Panora, Iowa, 50216. Or via Venmo at @Rita-Scheiring.