Caitlin Clark Discusses Her Hometown's Weird Halloween Rules

Every year on October 30th, kids go out looking for candy in the Des Moines area, and it's all because of a quick-fix rule change that happened over 85 years ago.

A Tradition Nearly A Century In The Making

In the 1930s, the amount of mischievous deeds and vandalism that happened in the area on Halloween were ridiculously high - because kids were out for trick-or-treat night unsupervised, allowed to go wherever and do whatever.

In an effort to stop the "Hooliganism" that was happening, the city of Des Moines decided to move trick-or-treat to October 30th, and change the name to Beggar's Night. Kids looking for the candy were required to tell a joke or do some kind of a trick to be able to get candy.

Even Caitlin Clark was just talking about this in a press conference, it's the way to go - she grew up in Des Moines.

A Temporary Change

For the first time since 1938, Beggars' Night will be moving, due to a system of storms that will be moving through the area during prime Beggars hours this evening.

While most were understanding, one of the area's mayors, Sara Kurovski, wasn't up to changing the night, saying "Unless you are made of sugar, you won't melt. I sure didn't when I was out trick or treating growing up."

"Man I hope you get voted out next year. Still with the attitude in your words when all we cared about was our kids safety. Absolutely ridiculous this had to go to the news before it was handled. Sickening truthfully," one commenter replied to her post, along with many others showing their disdain for the comments.

Kurovski explained that it isn't just simple as deciding to change the date, but it would take a proclamation and due process to get the date changed.

Less than a few hours later, all of that changed when Polk County Emergency Management issued a storm watch for 5pm, meaning that the town of Pleasant Hill would be able to change it up after all.

See more news coverage of the dates changing for the first time in 86 years here:

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