Enemy soldiers invaded Iowa, legally, during World War II. German, Italian and Japanese prisoners held in 2 major and 30 branch camps worked on farms and in agricultural related businesses. A program, “Working with the Enemy”, will be presented 2-p.m. Sunday, February 17th, at the American Legion Memorial Building, in Atlantic. Chad Timm, Professor at Simpson College, heard stories from his grandmother who told him about Japanese men who worked at Earl May in 1945. Their conversation sparked an interest to find out more.

Atlantic Rock Island Society Enterprise (ARISE) sponsors the program. Funds have been received from Humanities Iowa, a private, non-profit state affiliate of the National Endowment for Humanities. Humanities Iowa offers many cultural and historical programs and grants to Iowa’s communities, There is no fee to attend. Everyone is welcome. The meeting space is handicapped accessible. Refreshments will be offered.

The Military Museum, Military Library and Atlantic History Center will be open for viewing.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — Back in Iowa as a full-fledged presidential candidate, Democrat Elizabeth Warren took aim at President Donald Trump on Sunday, saying he “may not even be a free person” by next year’s election. The Massachusetts senator’s comments came a day after Trump renewed his criticism of her past claims of Native American heritage. In a tweet, Trump called Warren “Pocahontas” and said he would see her “on the campaign TRAIL.”

The White House didn’t explain what the president was referring to in his tweet, though some Democrats accused him of making light of the Trail of Tears — the forced removal of Cherokee and several other Native American tribes from their lands in the 1830s. Warren’s campaign wouldn’t say what the senator believes Trump was referencing.

Warren has largely avoided talking about Trump since she began testing the waters for a campaign more than a month ago. During her first of three events Sunday in eastern Iowa, Warren said the president shouldn’t be allowed to dictate the direction of the campaign with divisive attacks. “Every day there is a racist tweet, a hateful tweet — something really dark and ugly,” she said. “What are we as candidates, as activists, as the press, going to do about it? We’re going to chase after those every day?”

She continued: “Here’s what bothers me. By the time we get to 2020, Donald Trump may not even be president. In fact, he may not even be a free person.” Warren didn’t explain her comment, though she appeared to be referring to the multiple investigations that have shadowed Trump’s presidency. Asked later if she supported impeaching Trump, Warren was noncommittal, saying only that special counsel Robert Mueller needs to be allowed to finish his investigation and make his report public.

“If we go down that path, we’re going to need to help pull this country together and have as many people as possible understand it was a legitimate process based on facts,” she said.
Trump has not been charged with any crimes, but several of his former advisers have been pleaded guilty to a variety of charges.

Warren formally launched her White House bid Saturday in Massachusetts, grounding her campaign in the populist calls to combat economic inequality that have long made her a favorite of liberals. In Cedar Rapids, she said sweeping changes are needed to rebalance an economy that she now favors the wealthy at the expense of middle- and lower-income Americans.

Warren has struggled to shake the controversy surrounding her past claims to Native American heritage. She’s apologized for claiming Native American identity on multiple occasions early in her career. Trump has frequently taken digs at the senator by calling her Pocahontas, a reference to the native woman who lived in present-day Virginia in the 1600s and agreed to marry an English colonist to help ensure peace and protect her people.

Warren has said the story of Pocahontas long has “been taken away by powerful people who twisted it to serve their own purposes.” Voters in Cedar Rapids did not ask Warren about the controversy during a question-and-answer session, focusing instead on her stances on issues including tariffs and student loan debt.

Police in Red Oak, this (Sunday) morning, arrested 42-year old Yousef Ali Khan, of Red Oak. He was taken into custody at around 2:35-a.m. in the 600 block of N. 5th Street, for Public Intoxication. Khan was being held at the Montgomery County Law Enforcement Center in a $300 bond.

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 4:35 a.m. CST

ELDORA, Iowa (AP) — Video taken on the cellphone of a woman accused of abusing her boyfriend’s young son shows the boy screaming in agony that he needed to use the bathroom before he eventually wets himself. The Courier reports that prosecutors showed the cellphone video of the 8-year-old boy Friday during the kidnapping trial of 40-year-old Traci Tyler. Tyler and her boyfriend, 30-year-old Alex Shadlow, are each charged with kidnapping in the abuse case.

ASBURY, Iowa (AP) — Hundreds of water-soaked library books in eastern Iowa are in a deep-freeze while officials figure out how to save the publications. The Telegraph-Herald reports the books were damaged Feb. 1 when a pipe burst in the Dubuque County Library’s branch in Asbury. When books get wet, they must be frozen within hours to prevent the growth of mold. The books were first moved to a refrigerated semi-trailer provided by Hy-Vee and then carried to another trailer provided by Hirschbach Motor Lines.

CLEAR LAKE, Iowa (AP) — Two men have been arrested after being accused of leading police in northern Iowa on a chase reaching speeds of more than 100 mph in near-blizzard conditions. The Mason City Globe Gazette reports the chase happened Thursday night after a Cerro Gordo County sheriff’s deputy tried to stop a car reported as stolen. Officials say the car fled through the town of Clear Lake as high winds whipped up fallen snow and caused blizzard-like conditions, leading to its crash.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — A Monticello man has been sentenced to prison for robbing an eastern Iowa bank on his birthday. Federal prosecutors say 46-year-old Joseph Kripner was sentenced Friday in U.S. District Court in Cedar Rapids to five years in federal prison. Authorities say he robbed the Security State Bank in Springville on his birthday, June 1, getting away with nearly $4,000 after showing his handgun to a teller. Kripner’s distinctive tattoos helped authorities zero in on him.