(Radio Iowa) — Former South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford announced Sunday that he is challenging President Trump’s bid for reelection. Sanford says it’s time for a debate about what it means to be a Republican. “As a Republican Party, we’ve lost some of our ways,” Sanford said. Sanford says Trump has embraced protectionism when it comes to trade and is leading the party to disregard scientific evidence that the climate is changing. “As to my primary beef, I think it is, in fact, the degree to which he has called himself ‘The King of Debt’ and has led the party in the wrong direction on debt and spending,” Sanford said.

Sanford has been a long-time supporter of tougher immigration measures, including construction of a wall along the southern border and penalties against businesses who hire people who entered the country illegally. Sanford says Trump “is good at recognizing problems,” but tends to make situations worse. “And I think there are real questions of tone and humility and adherence to truth that I think cause people to doubt what he says next,” Sanford says, “which then undermines our standing in the world and domestically.”

Sanford made his comments during this weekend’s “Iowa Press” program on Iowa Public Television. Former Illinois Congressman Joe Walsh and former Massachusetts Governor Bill Weld have also said they intend to challenge Trump in G-O-P primaries and caucuses.

(Radio Iowa) — G-O-P leaders in South Carolina, Nevada and Kansas are cancelling presidential nominating contests in their states — but the Republican Party of Iowa WILL be holding Caucuses on February 3rd. Iowa G-O-P chairman Jeff Kaufmann says party leaders here have never considered cancelling. “We want to show once again that Iowa is capable of doing this,” Kaufmann says. “We can do it in a transparent way. We can get the results back. Those results can be audited.”

Kaufmann says it’s about protecting the Caucuses as the first voting event in the presidential selection process. “I want to keep Iowa front and center and anytime anybody in the RNC or, as far as that goes, in the country thinks of Iowa, I want them to think of a Caucus,” Kaufmann says, “and we’re going to make ’em think about it again in 2020.” Kaufmann suggests cancelling might give ammunition to critics of the Iowa Caucuses. “We’re going to run this caucus as if our state livelihood depended on it,” Kaufmann says.

Kaufmann does not expect next year’s caucuses to be competitive — meaning there’s little chance Republicans challenging President Trump will gain traction here. Three Republicans have said they plan to run against Trump. Two of them — former Massachusetts Governor Bill Weld and former South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford — made trips to Iowa in August.

The Pottawattamie County Sheriff’s Office has issued a report on recent arrests. A traffic stop at around 8-p.m. Sunday in Avoca, resulted in the arrest of 25-year old Jacob Dwayne Jens, for Driving While Barred/Habitual Offender. At around 2:15-a.m. Sunday, 54-year old Marion James Constant was arrested for OWI/1st offense, following a traffic stop at I-29 and the Old Mormon Bridge, near Crescent.

Late Saturday night, 25-year old Mark Francis Wilsey was arrested for OWI/2nd offense, following a traffic stop in Council Bluffs. At around 2-a.m. Saturday, 31-year old Jordan M. Ely was arrested for OWI/1st offense, following a traffic stop at the Old Mormon Bridge and Pokamoke. Friday night, 55-year old Robert Herman Boeck was arrested in Avoca for Domestic Abuse Assault/1st offense – causing bodily injury. He was arrested following a call about an incident of alleged Harassment.

Friday evening, 25-year old Kyler Jay O’Brien was arrested for Driving While Barred/Habitual Offender, following a traffic stop in Minden. And, early Friday afternoon, a traffic stop in Council Bluffs resulted in the arrest of 62-year old Pamela Lynn Varnell, for OWI/1st offense. None of the offenders mentioned were listed as being in the Pott. County Jail, this (Monday) morning.

A program at the American Legion Memorial building in Atlantic, that had been scheduled to take place last January and February, but was cancelled due to bad weather, it is set for 2-p.m. this Sunday, September 15, at the American Legion Memorial Building.

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, Sept. 15th, 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.