Get your costumes ready and grab sacks and buckets because Halloween season in the Ames area brings many opportunities for trick-or-treating.

Downton Ames trick-or-treating

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More than 45 downtown businesses will welcome costumed kids from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 30. Everyone is encouraged to dress up, including parents.

The event in the Ames Main Street district includes the Ames Public Library, where kids will receive a treat and young children will also receive books, while supplies last.

When can kids trick-or-treat in the Ames area?

Halloween will be jam-packed with trick-or-treat ev

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