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Halloween is this weekend, and there will be opportunities for treats and scary good fun at events around the area.
In Marshall, families can visit downtown, the campus of Southwest Minnesota State University and area churches for a variety of holiday activities and trick-or-treating.
Trick-or-treating fun starts Friday afternoon at Marshall senior living centers. Trick-or-treaters are invited to visit the Hill Street Place lobby area from 3:30-5:30 p.m. Heritage Pointe Senior Living will hold a trick-or-treating event in its community room, from 3:30-4:45. Boulder Estates will be holding a fall festival from 4:30-6:30, with games and candy stations. Visitors are asked to bring a nonperishable food item or a free-will donation to the local food shelf.
The schedule of community Halloween events planned for Saturday starts at 10 a.m., with special activities at SMSU's Game Day Roundup. The Roundup runs from 10 a.m. to noon before the Mustangs' home game against Minnesota State. To go along with Halloween, Saturday's Roundup will feature trick-or-treating with SMSU Athletics, and a costume contest.
From 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., kids and families can check out downtown Marshall, where there will be trick-or-treating at participating businesses. Trick-or-treaters should look for signs on the doors of participating businesses. Kids can also visit the Lyon County Museum's Family Fun Day, which starts at noon. Visitors in costume can get candy, and there will also be activities like a pumpkin scavenger hunt, and orange or root beer floats for $2. A special doll display will also be waiting for visitors in the museum's basement-level exhibit gallery.
From 4-7 p.m., SMSU will hold the annual ResHALLoween at residence halls on campus. Children can trick-or-treat through the residence halls, which will have a wide variety of fun themes. Admission for the event is one non-perishable food item or $1 per child. Donations will go to support the Kitchen Table Food Shelf and SMSU's food pantry, the Mustang Market.
Local churches will also be holding "Trunk or Treat" events on Saturday. Samuel Lutheran School will hold a trunk or treat event from noon to 2 p.m. St. Stephen Lutheran Church will hold a trunk or treat from 5:45 to 7 p.m. Admission to the St. Stephen event is a food shelf donation, either monetary or a non-perishable food item.
The Halloween fun will be going on in communities around the area, as well. Below are some of the Halloween events planned this weekend:
CANBY
A Haunted Trail event will be held Thursday on the campus of Minnesota West Community and Technical College in Canby. Admission is a food pantry donation of $2 or a canned good. At 5 p.m. a "light scare" version of the trail will be open, with a "scare if you dare" version at 6:30. At 6 p.m., a family-friendly movie will be shown.
On Saturday, indoor trick-or-treating will be held from 5-6:30 p.m. at the Robert Salmon Center.
GRANITE FALLS
On Friday and Saturday, the YES! House in Granite Falls will be transformed into a haunted house. The "OH NO!" House event will have a kids' night on Friday from 4-6 p.m., with supervision advised for children under 10. The main event will be Saturday from 5-9 p.m. A donation of $5 is suggested.
HENDRICKS
The Hendricks Public School PTO will hold a fall carnival on Friday, including a meal, games, inflatables and a silent auction. The meal will be available from 4:30-7:30 p.m., for a free-will offering. Proceeds from the meal will go to help Hendricks student Amanda Hauschild participate in the AFS student exchange program.
MINNEOTA
From 10:30 a.m. to noon Saturday, there will be a trunk or treat event at St. Edward School.
REDWOOD FALLS
A variety of Halloween events will be going on in the Redwood Falls area this weekend. Trunk or treat or trick-or-treating events will be held Friday at Weelborg Ford from 1-5:30 p.m., at River Valley Health and Rehabilitation from 4-5:30 p.m., at Olson Chevrolet from 4-7 p.m., and at St. Catherine's Catholic Church from 5-6:30 p.m.
The Lower Sioux Recreation Center in Morton will be holding a Halloween event Friday from 5-7 p.m., featuring games, and trick-or-treating.
Trunk or treat events continue Saturday, at the American Legion from 2-5 p.m., and at Gloria Dei Lutheran Church from 4-6 p.m. Northwood Church will hold a kids' festival at 6 p.m.
In Redwood Falls' downtown, a historic building has been turned into the Francois Haunted Hotel. The Haunted Hotel will be open from 7-9 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Admission is $15, and the event is not recommended for anyone under 13. Visitors are asked to bring a non-perishable food item for the Redwood Area Food Shelf.
RUSSELL
A Halloween party will be held from 4-6 p.m. Saturday at the Russell community center. The event includes games and prizes, and a free will donation will be accepted for a meal.
SLAYTON
A trunk or treat event will be held from 3-5 p.m. Saturday at Murray County Medical Center.
TRACY
The Tracy Area Chamber of Commerce will hold a trunk or treat event from 4:30-5:30 p.m. Saturday at the Sanford Tracy parking lot.
TYLER
The Tyler Area Community Club will hold a trunk or treat event from 11 a.m. to noon Saturday, at the band shell park. There will be a Just for Kix dance performance at noon, and the Lingen Dairy food truck will be on site.