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Officials with Project ChildSafe, a nationwide firearms safety education program, report the Red Oak Police Department has partnered with organization to provide free firearm safety kits to local residents. Red Oak Police Chief Justin Rhamy said in a press release, “We encourage residents to pick up a Project ChildSafe safety kit so that they can securely store their firearm.” The Chief says “Each kits contains a safety curriculum and cable-style gun lock, that fits most types of handguns, rifles and shotguns.” The goal, he says, “Is to prevent a child or any other unauthorized person from accessing a firearm in your home.”
The safety kits will be distributed at the Red Oak Police Department Office at the Montgomery County Law Enforcement Center during the month of June. Project ChildSafe, a program developed by the National Shooting Sports Foundation, has distributed more than 37 million firearm safety kits throughout the country, since 2003.
The program is supported by the U-S Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Assistance, and the firearms industry.
KEITH E. VOKT, 64, of Audubon, died Monday, May 29th, at the Audubon County Memorial Hospital. Funeral services for KEITH VOKT will be held 10:30-a.m. Friday, June 2nd, at Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church in Audubon. Kessler Funeral Home in Audubon has the arrangements.
Friends may call at the funeral home, where the family visitation is at 5-p.m. Thursday, June 1st.
Burial will be at the Maple Grove Cemetery in Audubon.
KEITH VOKT is survived by:
His wife – Cynthia Vokt, of Audubon.
His children – Amber Vokt, Ramie Vokt, and Lacey Vokt, all of Des Moines; and Tyre Eugene Vokt, of Audubon.
His father – Merle Vokt, of Adair.
His sisters – Janet (Daryl) Brauckman, of Atlantic; Joyce (Craig) Lundy, of Adair, and Jean (Darren) Littleton, of Council Bluffs.
His brothers- and sisters-in law, other relatives, and many friends.
One person was killed, another hurt, in a head-on collision Tuesday afternoon near Carroll. The Carroll County Sheriff’s Office responded to reports of an accident near the intersection of Highway 71 and 250th Street. An initial investigation determined a maroon Toyota Camry was traveling southbound on 71 and crossed the centerline for unknown reasons. The Camry struck a northbound Toyota RAV4.
The driver of the Camry was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the RAV4 was transported to St. Anthony Regional Hospital by Carroll County Emergency Medical Services for treatment of injuries. The names of those involved in the crash have not yet been released.
(Radio Iowa)
The Iowa Hawkeyes are set to travel to Houston for the NCAA baseball tournament. The Hawks are the fourth seed and will play hopst a top seeded Houston on Friday. It is Iowa’s second trip to a regional in three years under coach Rick Heller.
Texas A@M and Baylor collide in the other first round game. Iowa is 38-20 after winning its first Big Ten Tournament title over the weekend. The Hawkeyes grabbed the automatic bid after Sunday’s 13-4 win over Northwestern. Iowa pitcher Nick Gallagher who says the players were happy with the Houston location.
(Learfield Sports)
Today: Mostly sunny. High 78. NW @ 10.
Tonight: Partly cloudy w/isolated showers & tstrms late. Low 55. SE @ 5.
Tomorrow: Mo. Cldy w/ scatt. Shwrs & tstrms. High 78. SE @ 10-15.
Friday: P/Cldy w/isolated showers & tstrms. High 84.
Saturday: Mo. Cldy w/scattered shwrs & thunderstorms. High 79.
Tuesday’s High in Atlantic was 78. Our Low this morning (as of 5:15-a.m.) was 43. Last year on this date, the High in Atlantic was 75 and the low was 52. The Record High in Atlantic on this date was 101 in 1934. The Record Low was 31 in 1897.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa Energy has changed their name to the Iowa Wolves, reflecting Minnesota’s recent purchase of the D-League franchise. The Timberwolves made the announcement Tuesday at Wells Fargo Arena, the 14,000-seat arena where the franchise has played since its inception in 2007.
With Minnesota coach Tom Thibodeau in attendance, the Timberwolves unveiled their new affiliate’s logo and colors. The Wolves’ colors are navy blue and bright green, much like Minnesota’s new identity, with a secondary logo featuring an outline of the state of Iowa and a large “W” in the middle.
The D-League has added 10 teams in the last 30 months and will have a league-record 26 teams in 2017-18, when it will be known as the NBA Gatorade or G-League.
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Chase Utley, Logan Forsythe and Chris Taylor combined to reach base 11 times and totaled six runs, helping the streaking Los Angeles Dodgers rally past the St. Louis Cardinals 9-4 on Tuesday night. Utley finished a homer shy of the cycle as the Dodgers won their season-high sixth straight game. Forsythe reached five times, including three walks, and Taylor reached three times.
Adrian Gonzalez’s sacrifice fly and Utley’s RBI double started the Dodgers comeback in the third. Enrique Hernandez tied it at 3 with a single, and Paul DeJong’s throwing error on the same play scored Utley to give the Dodgers a 4-3 lead. Michael Wacha (2-3) needed 77 pitches to get through three innings, the shortest outing for a Cardinals starter this season. Three of the four runs he allowed were earned. Brandon Morrow (1-0) led a parade of six Dodgers relievers.
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Third baseman Jedd Gyorko was scratched from the St. Louis Cardinals lineup Tuesday because his wife is having a baby. Gyorko was originally going to bat cleanup against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Jhonny Peralta replaced him in the lineup and will bat sixth, with Yadier Molina moving from the No. 5 spot to cleanup.
Cardinals manager Mike Matheny said no roster move has been made, but Stephen Piscotty (personal leave) was flying back to St. Louis. Gyorko has twin boys. He and his wife are expecting their first girl. Gyorko is hitting .316 with eight homers and 22 RBIs this season.
Police in Council Bluffs, Tuesday evening arrested a man on one count of Sexual Abuse in the 3rd Degree, following a reported disturbance at around 6:41-p.m. in the vicinity of 9th Street and Avenue I. Authorities say upon arrival an officer located 18-year old Zachary Cox, of Council Bluffs, who immediately told the officer that he had sex with a 13 year old girl.
The officer detained Cox and transported him to the Criminal Investigations office for an interview with a detective. After a brief interview Cox was arrested on the Sexual Abuse charge and was transported to Pottawattamie County Corrections. The 13 year old female was identified, located and found safe with family members.
18-year old Zachary Cox, of Council Bluffs
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