Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:35 a.m. CST

UNDATED (AP) — California is trying to matter in the 2020 presidential election. The nation’s biggest state has moved up its primary in the hopes of getting some love from candidates along with the traditional quartet of early-voting states _ Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina. There’s no guarantee the strategy will work. California is expensive to campaign in, and that will limit who can compete there.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — Prosecutors say thousands of individuals and businesses were victims of a large-scale scheme in which ordinary corn and soybeans were fraudulently marketed nationwide as “certified organic.” The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, says that potentially “tens of thousands” were defrauded by Randy Constant and his associates into paying a premium for products that they didn’t want. Constant, of Chillicothe, Missouri, and three others have pleaded guilty and are awaiting sentencing.

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Three former managers at the University of Iowa police department have filed lawsuits claiming that their jobs were eliminated as part of a “culture of discrimination” against older workers. The lawsuits were filed by former UI Department of Public Safety associate director William Searls, Capt. Ian Scott and Capt. Loren Noska. The three were notified on April 20, 2017 that their jobs were being cut by Director Scott Beckner, who cited “an organizational realignment” as the reason.

DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) — A judge has issued restrictions for media coverage of the trial for a 12-year-old eastern Iowa boy accused of trying to shoot a junior high school teacher. The Quad-City Times reported Wednesday the Scott County District Court judge ruled the media can’t name the boy or take identifiable photographs of him or witnesses younger than 18. The boy is charged with attempted murder, carrying weapons on school grounds and assault while displaying a dangerous weapon. The incident happened in Eldridge.