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Oct. 9, 2026, Des Moines Daily Umbrella Podcast
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Good morning, Des Moines! It is Friday, Oct. 9. 2026, and this is your Daily Umbrella Podcast, your five-minute briefing on what is happening around central Iowa and beyond. …
We begin in Ottumwa, where an invocation at Tuesday’s City Council meeting is drawing controversy. Former council member Matthew Dalbey delivered a prayer that ended with the words “hail Satan.” According to The Ottumwa Courier, local pastor Rick Bick took the microphone, despite public comment normally being…
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