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Halloween costume ideas can be found across any social media this October.

Best 2024 Halloween Trends: Couples, Singles and Friend Groups

Mela Baccam, Writer October 30, 2024

Halloween has arrived. With activities from pumpkin carving to Halloween parties, people struggle to brainstorm costume ideas that include trends of the season.  There are several categories of costumes,...

The Torch would like to wish all of our readers a happy Halloween!

Halloween: Same Day, Different Perspective

Lucy McCord and Liliana Hansen October 31, 2023

Each year on Oct. 31 thousands of people dress up to celebrate the spooky holiday of Halloween. However, for teens, this holiday is not nearly as thrilling. During the frightening season, fewer and fewer...

Emma Clabaugh and Kenna Mchenry wait for more people to come to their trunk.

Kennedys Trunk-Or-Treat Turns Out Less Than Expected

Johnathan Hawkes, Writer October 30, 2023

Several trunk-or-treats came and went this past week all around Cedar Rapids. Kennedy's Junior and Senior Class Council decided to join in the celebrations and hosted their own Halloween fundraiser in...

Scream Acres is open for its final weekend, Oct. 27-28, from 6:30 p.m. to 10 p.m. Tickets can be purchased online or at the gate.

Scream Acres: Four Fright-Filled Attractions Offering Scares and Delight

Emma Rood, Writer October 27, 2023

If you happen to live in or visit Iowa during the month of October, take a trip to Bloomsbury Farm's Scream Acres Haunted Park in Atkins. Whether you go with your friends or family, you’re guaranteed...

Kennedy's Happiness Inc. attends a Trunk-or-Treat.

Trick-or-Treat or Trunk-or-Treat?

Jordan Horne, Writer November 16, 2022

Trick-or-treat or trunk-or-treat. As times are changing, people are beginning to see possible danger in trick-or-treating and look toward a  safer alternative—trunk-or-treating. This past Halloween...

Candy Corn Craze

Candy Corn Craze

Claire Frank, Writer October 24, 2022

Candy Corn is the sweet treat that splits us every year. Let's dive in a little deeper on how it was made along with what Kennedy students think of it.  George Renninger, a candy maker at Wunderlee...

Torch Talks – The Novembisode

Joel Dillman, Samuel Miranda, and Joey Young November 12, 2019

This episode, we talk about events happening during November, including the football playoffs, Halloween and Thanksgiving. The host of this episode is Samuel Miranda. He's joined by Noah Gritton,...

Pillsbury's pumpkin fall season cookie.

Pillsbury Seasonal Cookie Review

Leeanne Mehring-Cruz, Feature Editor October 31, 2017

Fall just started everyone has been talking about the Pillsbury Halloween cookies. I prefer the pumpkins over the ghosts, they are just cuter. I buy a 24 count box each week and make them every week. No...

Hailey Dolphin, sr., and Olivia Haefner, jr., pose next to Gwyn Smith, jr., as she waits to put on a scare.

Early Halloween Spirit

Claire Fluent, Opinion Editor October 27, 2017

The Kennedy Varsity Volleyball team visited the Hiawatha Care Center on Oct. 25 to celebrate Halloween a little earlier than most. The Hiawatha Care Center held their annual “Spooky Garden” and this...

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