PERRY, Iowa — Earlier this year, both the Latino Festival of Washington and VIVA Ottumwa were canceled due to concerns of heightened immigration enforcement. Those fears were voiced both in their announcements and to Local 5 back in May.
However, ¡Viva Perry! Latino Festival ultimately decided to carry on this summer and held its annual celebration on Saturday after careful consideration.
“We definitely took our precautions,” said organizer Katlyn McCauley. “We made sure that our community was well informed, and we shared different posts on Facebook to let people know of ways that they were able to be conscientious of what’s going on.”…