Atlantic residents have another chance to take of spring cleaning by getting rid of good, used/and-or broken electronics, for FREE. Jason Erickson, COO of ThinkSpace IT, said the company and Southwest Iowa Composite Squadron have joined with Midwest Metal Recyclers in Logan, to host an e-waste recycling drive in Atlantic from 4-until 8-p.m. on Tuesday, April 18^th, at the American Legion Memorial Building (The Old Armory), at 2^nd and Poplar Streets.

Most all electronics expect tube televisions and large lead batteries, will be accepted. The electronic equipment can be almost anything can carry. Televisions and computer monitors should be recycled at your local landfill, or large “Box Stores,” like Best Buy (but you should call ahead first). The E-waste is transported to another location to be broken down into separate, smaller components and then melted down into their valuable metals (Gold, silver, etc). Those metals are re-sold to make new products.

Erickson says there’s really no limit on the amount of small electronics you can bring to event. They will accept laptops, desktops, servers, computer mice, printers, scanners, external & internal hard drives, keyboards, UPS battery backups, tablets, and more. The event is being coordinated by the local Civil Air Patrol group, the “Southwest Iowa Composite Squadron.”

The community service project is aimed at getting toxic chemical found in electronic that might otherwise be illegally dumped in the country, into a safe place for disposal.

Red Oak Police report a man was arrested on an assault charge, Saturday night. Officers arrested 35-year old Thomas Zachary Bentley, of Red Oak, at around 9:30-p.m. in the 100 block of E. Maple Street. Bentley was brought to the Montgomery County Law Enforcement Center and held without bond on a charge of  Domestic Abuse Assault.

Heavy rain and hail contributed to a fatal motorcycle crash Saturday evening in eastern Iowa’s Johnson County. The Iowa State Patrol reports at around 5:50-p.m., a 2001 Chevy Prism driven by 55-year old Leroy Foster, Jr., of Marion, was traveling eastbound on Interstate 80 and had illegally parked with its hazards on in heavy rain and hail. 70-year old George P. Taylor, La Moille, IL, was traveling east on a 2012 Harley Davidson motorcycle, and saw traffic slowing in front of him due to the weather conditions.

Taylor pulled onto the south should to avoid a collision, and sideswiped the Chevy. Taylor, who was not wearing a helmet, was ejected from the cycle and came to rest in the middle of I-80. He died from his injuries at the University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics in Iowa City.

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 5:00 a.m. CDT

WINTERSET, Iowa (AP) — An iconic Madison County, Iowa, covered bridge _ pictured on the cover of the best-selling novel “The Bridges of Madison County” _ has been destroyed by fire, and authorities say they suspect it was intentionally set. The Madison County Sheriff’s Office tells the Des Moines Register that the fire at the Cedar Bridge was reported around 6 a.m. Saturday. Officials say the bridge was fully engulfed by the time firefighters got to the bridge near Winterset in south-central Iowa.

WAVERLY, Iowa (AP) — A day-care center where the director was arrested on drug charges is closing. The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reports that the owner of the Little Learners Preschool and Daycare on Technology Place in Waverly said the business was closing at 6 p.m. Tuesday due to recent events. Police arrested 44-year-old Kelly Raney Hampton, of Waverly, on April 6 for misdemeanor possession of methamphetamine and marijuana and other charges.

SIBLEY, Iowa (AP) — A former Sibley-Ocheyedan football coach and middle school teacher fired in 2015 after the superintendent found him sleeping in his classroom next to a middle school boy has been charged with sexual assault. The Sioux City Journal reports that 38-year-old Kyle Thomas Ewinger, of West Burlington, was fired after he was found with a 10-year-old boy sleeping on an air mattress. The boy later said he had been sexually assaulted that night.

CHARLES CITY, Iowa (AP) — State prosecutors have taken the rare step of asking the Iowa Supreme Court to reverse the conviction of a man sentenced last year to up to 10 years for sexually abusing a teenage boy. The Mason City Globe Gazette reports that Iowa Attorney General’s Office says in a new filing that Doug Lindaman, of Charles City, was allowed to represent himself at his trial without knowingly waiving his right to have an attorney.