Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:30 a.m. CDT

DECORAH, Iowa (AP) — A prominent Iowa brewery is pseudo-suing its former head brewer. A legal action filed by Toppling Goliath Brewing Co. seeks to stop Chris Flenker from helping run a new brewery in Cedar Rapids, alleging he is violating a non-compete agreement. Toppling Goliath is known for its popular Pseudo Sue pale ale and other beers that have made it one of the nation’s top ranked breweries

OTTUMWA, Iowa (AP) — The state medical examiner’s office says a 5-year-old southeast Iowa girl found unresponsive in her home was strangled. The office also said in a news release Monday that Cloe Chandler’s death was a homicide. The Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation has said that 22-year-old Kelsie Thomas told investigators that she killed her daughter. Thomas has been charged with first-degree murder.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The director of the Iowa Board of Medicine has abruptly retired following a personnel investigation in which he says he was treated unfairly by state administrators. Mark Bowden announced his retirement Monday, following the board’s decision to reinstate him to his position on Friday. He had been on leave during an investigation into unspecified allegations.

DENVER (AP) — A recently released undercover video showing pigs being abused at a supplier to meat giant JBS highlights practices that are still common but slowly being changed in the pork industry, like keeping pregnant pigs in cages barely bigger than their bodies. Ten states have passed laws that either ban the use of or phase out the use of gestation crates or stalls. Among them is California, where voters this fall will be asked to ban the sale of pork from confined pigs or their offspring.