Trick-or-treat hours
Halloween is Oct. 31, and area communities have established times for trick-or-treating and other related events:
Adams County
Decatur: Trick or treat, 6 to 8 p.m. Oct. 31
Geneva: Trick or treat, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Oct. 29
Berne: Trick or treat, 6 to 8 p.m. Oct. 29; Halloween Parade, downtown 7 p.m. Oct. 27
Allen County
Fort Wayne: Trick or treat, 6 to 8 p.m. Oct. 31
Grabill: Trick or treat, 5 to 7 p.m. Oct. 31
Huntertown: Trick or treat, 6 to 8 p.m. Oct. 31
Leo-Cedarville: Trick or treat, 5 to 7 p.m. Oct. 31
New Haven: Trick or treat, 6 to 8 p.m. Oct. 31; downtown on Broadway trick or treat at local businesses, 4 to 6 p.m. Oct. 31; Schnelker Park Halloween Carnival, 4 to 5:30 p.m. Oct. 31
DeKalb County
Ashley: Trick or treat, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Oct. 31
Butler: Trick or treat, 5 to 7 p.m. Oct. 31
Auburn: Trick or treat, downtown businesses 4 to 6 p.m. Oct. 30; citywide trick or treat 6 to 8 p.m. Oct. 30; "The Scooby-Doo Mystery & Haunted Forest," Thursday through Sunday and Oct. 29 through Oct. 31 at Eckhart Park; admission is $1 a person, $5 maximum a family; straw maze, characters, crafts and refreshments
Garrett: Trick or treat, 5 to 7 p.m. Oct. 31
Waterloo: Trick or treat, 5 to 7 p.m. Oct. 31
Huntington County
Andrews: Trick or treat, 5 to 9 p.m. Oct. 31
Huntington: Trick or treat, 6 to 8 p.m. Oct. 30
Markle: Trick or treat, 5 to 8 p.m. Oct. 31
Roanoke: Trick or treat, 5 to 7 p.m. Oct. 31
Kosciusko County
North Webster: Trick or treat, 6 to 8 p.m. Oct. 31; North Webster Fire Department open house same evening
Milford: Trick or treat, 6 to 8 p.m. Oct. 31; Milford Public Library annual "Lights Out" from 6 to 8 p.m. Oct. 31
Pierceton: Trick or treat, 5 to 6:30 p.m. Oct. 31
Syracuse: Trick or treat, 6 to 8 p.m. Oct. 31
Silver Lake: Trick or treat, 6 to 8 p.m. Oct. 31
Warsaw: Trick or treat, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Oct. 31
Winona Lake: Trick or treat, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Oct. 31
LaGrange County
LaGrange: Trick or treat, 5 to 7 p.m. Oct. 31; Halloween costume contests at Topeka Elementary, 6:30 p.m. Oct. 29; judging begins at 7 p.m.
Wolcottville: Trick or treat, 5 to 7 p.m. Oct. 31
Shipshewana: Trick or treat, 5:30 to 8 p.m. Oct. 31; Hudson Honkin' Halloween at Hudsons Auto Museum, 1 to 4 p.m. Oct. 31
Topeka: Trick or treat, 5 to 7 p.m. Oct. 31
Noble County
Albion: Trick or treat, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Oct. 31; Halloween party, Albion Fire Station, 7 to 8:30 p.m. Oct. 31
Kendallville: Trick or treat, 6 to 8 p.m. Oct. 31
Cromwell: Trick or treat, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Oct. 31
Rome City: Trick or treat, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Oct. 31
Ligonier: Trick or treat, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Oct. 29; annual Fall Festival same evening
Steuben County
Angola: Trick or treat 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Oct. 31; "Halloween Fun in the Park" at Commons Park 7 to 9 p.m. Oct. 31; "Halloween Howl," at Breeden YMCA, 6:30 to 8 p.m. Oct. 26, children up to age 12 encouraged to wear a costume; event includes games and prizes, free and open to public; food pantry donations encouraged
Fremont: Trick or treat, 5 to 7 p.m. Oct. 31
Hudson: Trick or treat, 5 to 7 p.m. Oct. 31; Halloween party, Hudson Fire Hall – 7 to 10 p.m. Oct. 31
Wabash County
North Manchester: Trick or treat, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Oct. 31
Wabash: Trick or treat, 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Oct. 31
Wells County
Bluffton: Trick or treat, 5 to 8 p.m. Oct. 31; "Boo in Bluffton," 5 to 6 p.m. Oct. 30, downtown merchants hand out treats; 6 to 7 p.m., outlying merchants hand out treats; "Great Pumpkin Hunt," at the former Lancaster School Property on Jackson Street; free family event including a hay ride; begins at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 24
Whitley County
Columbia City: Trick or treat, 6 to 8 p.m. Oct. 31
South Whitley: Trick or treat, 6 to 8 p.m. Oct. 31
Larwill: Trick or treat, 6 to 8 p.m. Oct. 31
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