Beggars' Night, the city's annual trick-or-treating event, will be pushed back from Wednesday to Thursday. The city says the postponement is due to anticipated severe weather in central Iowa Wednesday ...
Kids in the greater metro area of Iowa's capital city typically go trick-or-treating the night before Halloween, a tradition that began in the 1930s as a way to help prevent vandalism.
For the first time since 1938, children in Des Moines will go trick-or-treating on Halloween. Going door-to-door for candy on All Hallows' Eve has long been commonplace throughout the country. But not ...