Des Moines Metro changes Beggars’ night to Thursday, October 31 [Video]

DES MOINES, Iowa — Families across the metro are changing plans because cities are delaying Beggars’ night until Halloween (Thursday night) due to the threat of severe weather. 

More than a dozen cities have joined the list of originally planning Beggars’ night for October 30th before moving it to October 31st. That’s after metro cities have been closely looking at the weather, and a majority of them say it was a no-brainer to move the trick or treating event to a different night. 

“Seeing that, it’s going to be potentially a dangerous situation with lightning, we just thought it was in everybody’s best interest to give as much notice to the families as possible so they can arrange their schedules,” said Matt Anderson, the Deputy City Manager for the …