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For the first time since 1938, kids in Des Moines, Iowa will go trick-or-treating on the day of Halloween. Here's why the decision was made.

Over 80 years ago, one city banned Halloween for children after things got too out of control. But this year, youths will once again go out on Oct. 31.

When Kreig began her role with the commission in 1931, youths were being arrested on Halloween for soaping windows, ...

The last time the kids of Des Moines officially went trick-or-treating on Halloween was nearly nine decades ago. This Oct. 31 ...

While it might sound odd to some, Beggar’s Night came about after the Des Moines police answered 550 reports of vandalism ...

Fletcher recalls pranksters stealing gates during his boyhood, as well as soaping windows, lighting bonfires, and overturning iron carriage stoops. There was a polite aspect to the celebration of ...

Get a bunch of guys 70 years and older together at this time of year and the conversation just might turn to Halloweens of yore. One-upmanship sets in as each man brags about Halloween pranks in which ...

It became a chance for adolescents to let off some steam and play pranks that were usually harmless, like toilet-papering houses, soaping up car windows, or egging the occasional front door. By the ...

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