Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:45 a.m. CDT

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa Republicans have had plenty to celebrate this legislative session, as they pushed through a conservative agenda, but none seem to be enjoying the final task of balancing the budget. Lawmakers could complete work as soon as this week on a roughly $7.24 billion budget that cuts funding for services including health care, higher education and court services.

DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — One of two men imprisoned for the 1983 robbery killing of an Iowa bartender is getting another chance to challenge his conviction with the trial court. The Quad City Times reports the Iowa Court of Appeals has sent B.C. Pendleton’s case back to Scott County District Court in Davenport. The appellate court ruled Pendleton didn’t get an adequate opportunity to argue against a summary judgment, and that the court record is incomplete.

DENVER, Iowa (AP) — A couple is restoring a 150-year-old church believed to be the second-oldest in Black Hawk County because of fear it would otherwise disappear like so many other churches in rural Iowa. The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reports that Martha Reineke and her husband, William Cozart, are restoring the former East Janesville United Methodist Church southwest of Denver, Iowa. They plan to reopen it as a country wedding chapel and community events center.

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.

Police in Creston, Sunday, released information on two, earlier, non-injury accidents. Officials say at around 3:55-p.m. Friday, 21-year old Shandi Christine Brown, of Creston, was “Emotional” as she was driving a 2000 Dodge Neon and following her boyfriend’s vehicle westbound on Prairie Street. Witnesses said the woman was traveling at a high rate of speed and as she approached the stop sign at the 4 lane intersection with N. Sumner Street, failed to stop. She laid down some skid marks prior to failing to yield, but her vehicle hit a 2012 Mazda CX9, which was traveling north on N. Sumner, and preparing to turn left. The driver of the Mazda was 34-year old David James Crawford, of Creston. Damage from the collision amounted to $11,000. Officers cited Brown for Failure to Obey a Stop or Yield sign and Failure to show proof of insurance.

The other accident happened at around 8:30-a.m April 5th, when a car driven by 21-year old Malachi Xavier Canada, of Creston, failed to stop for the red traffic light at the intersection of W. Prairie and N. Elm Streets. The 1999 Pontiac he was driving struck a 2013 Ford SUV driven by 53-year old Mark Chubick, of Creston. Following the collision, Canada left the scene, but when located by Police, gave a story that falsely identified the occupants of the other vehicle. Canada was cited for Failure to have a valid driver’s license and failure to obey a traffic control signal. Damage from the collision amounted to $4,300.

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.