Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press

CASCADE, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say a baby found unresponsive in the bath this week in eastern Iowa has died. The Dubuque Telegraph Herald reports that 13-month-old child Torin Hartbecke died early Friday morning at the University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics in Iowa City. Investigators say the baby had been left unattended in the bathtub by a parent. When the parent returned, the boy was unconscious.

DUBUQUE, Iowa (AP) — A man accused of stabbing his girlfriend to death last year in Dubuque will not get new attorneys. The Telegraph Herald say a judge on Thursday rejected 27-year-old Eddie Hicks’ handwritten motion requesting he be appointed a new defense attorney to replace the public defenders assigned to his case. District Judge Thomas Bitter said there was insufficient reason for the switch.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A retired sergeant who spoke out after a handcuffed Iowa man drowned is suing three Missouri Highway Patrol officials, saying they conspired against him. The Kansas City Star reports that Randy Henry filed the lawsuit Thursday. Henry says he was told to tell a legislative committee that trooper training had been sufficient before the drowning. Henry says he refused and he was eventually transferred and demoted. He retired before the demotion took effect.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad has ordered that flags be flown at half-staff to honor those killed in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Branstad on Friday ordered all U.S. and Iowa flags controlled by the state to be at half-staff from sunset Friday to sunrise Monday. Although the order applies only to flags on state property, others governments, businesses and individuals are encouraged to also fly flags at half-staff.