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Iowa early News Headlines: Thu., Oct. 9th 2014

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October 9th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley is set to visit Iowa this weekend to help Democratic candidates. An O’Malley spokeswoman says he will be in the state Saturday and Sunday. This is the fourth trip the potential 2016 presidential candidate has made to the kickoff caucus state this year.

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — The owner of a building in Cedar Rapids where posters appeared promoting the opening of a marijuana dispensary says the advertisement is a hoax. John Wasta says two posters appeared Tuesday on the outside of his empty storefront that implied a business known as the Iowa Marijuana Company would open in October 2015. Wasta tells KCRG TV in Cedar Rapids he took down the posters and is not taking the apparent prank too seriously.

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — The former Argosy riverboat casino has pulled away from its dock in Sioux City and started a long journey to a shipyard in Illinois, where it will be sold or salvaged. The Sioux City Journal reports the floating casino closed this summer after the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission ordered it stop its operations.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Authorities say a man has dropped off a newborn baby at a family medicine clinic in Des Moines. KCCI TV reports the baby was later taken to Blank Children’s Hospital.