Gina Dvorak
Digital Director
Omaha, Neb.
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Gina Dvorak joined the WOWT newsroom as digital director in 2018. Gina has strong roots in Nebraska, growing up in a multigenerational farm family and graduating from the journalism college at the University of Nebraska – Lincoln. During her two decades of journalistic experience, she moved from editing and design to digital platforms in 2010. She spent much of her career in the Los Angeles area before returning home to Nebraska in 2014.
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The CDC is working to confirm that the death was caused by primary amebic meningoencephalitis after the child went swimming in the river on Sunday.
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FBI Director Christopher Wray, in Nebraska on Wednesday to talk about attempted cyberattacks in David City, wouldn’t answer questions about the agency’s recent search at Mar-a-Lago.
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Gov. Kim Reynolds on Wednesday announced her selection of a state appeals court judge for the Iowa Supreme Court.
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With Mike Flood sworn into Congress to serve out the remainder of Jeff Fortenberry’s term, Gov. Pete Ricketts took applications for the newest Nebraska state senator representing.
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An Omaha woman who gave birth on a sidewalk and left her baby out in the cold in February pleaded no contest in Douglas County Court on Monday morning.
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Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium has some big news — again!
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Officials in Iowa are stepping up efforts to prevent fentanyl abuse and drug trafficking by encouraging Iowans to be vigilant about how the drug makes its way into communities in Iowa and Nebraska.
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Gov. Pete Ricketts said Wednesday that he would support certain exceptions within an abortion ban should the Nebraska legislature pass one during a special session that hasn’t yet been called.
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As voters across the state cast their ballots or prepare to do so on Tuesday, there’s one race on the ballot for Nebraska’s 1st Congressional District that, on paper, presents a conundrum for those voters.
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A reversal of Roe v. Wade could prompt the Unicameral to reconvene and again address an issue lawmakers voted down last month.
A month after former Congressman Jeff Fortenberry was found guilty of lying to the FBI, his attorneys have filed a motion for acquittal.
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A group of Nebraska state senators has launched a fund to support “survivors and witnesses of Charles Herbster’s sexual misconduct.”
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Charles Herbster, a Republican candidate for Nebraska governor, filed a lawsuit Friday against State Sen. Julie Slama in Johnson County.
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Google on Thursday announced a major investment in the Omaha metro area, unveiling plans to build a new data center near State Street and Blair High Road.
Charles Herbster, a Republican candidate for Nebraska governor, said during a news conference Wednesday that allegations of sexual misconduct made against him last week were nothing more than “a smear campaign.”
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Former President Trump is coming to Nebraska next week.
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It’s part of a coordinated regional effort to provide humanitarian support there to the country under attack by Russia.
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A Papillion man facing several charges of animal neglect was booked into Sarpy County Jail on Wednesday, months after hundreds of animals — dozens of them dead — were removed from his home.
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The Air Force service members, stationed at Offutt Air Force Base in Bellevue and McConnell Air Force Base in Wichita, Kansas, are being represented by Kris Kobach, a candidate for Kansas attorney general, and attorneys from the America First Policy Institute.
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Three dozen active-duty airmen filed a lawsuit in federal court challenging the Biden administration’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for Air Force service members.
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The Sarpy County Attorney’s office on Monday announced that the man facing a potential death penalty sentence in a fatal shooting at a Bellevue Sonic has pled guilty to all charges.
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An Iowa man was sentenced in federal court this week for the sexual assault of two teens he kidnapped in Omaha more than 18 years ago.
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The appointment is effective immediately.
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The Douglas County Health Department announced Wednesday that the Omaha mask mandate has been lifted.
The judge in the Omaha mask mandate case on Tuesday narrowed the list of 13 defendants named in the lawsuit filed last month by the State of Nebraska.
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Citing falling COVID-19 hospitalizations in the past week, Nebraska Medicine announced Friday that it would, on Monday, roll back its Crisis Standards of Care plan.
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Gov. Pete Ricketts plans to announce an assistance program for Nebraska homeowners during a Tuesday afternoon news conference.
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The newest arrival is the second African elephant calf born at Henry Doorly.
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Omaha city and business leaders unveiled a plan Wednesday to reshape the downtown core and the city’s skyline in the next few years.
The Sarpy County Attorney’s office announced Monday that the county will seek the death penalty when prosecuting the suspect of the November 2020 shooting that left two restaurant employees dead and another two seriously hurt.
Twelve days after it went into effect, Omaha’s mask mandate had its first day in court.
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Gov. Pete Ricketts issued a directed health measure Friday morning ordering Nebraska Medicine not to perform any pre-scheduled, non-emergency surgeries at its Omaha hospital for a month.
Nebraska Medicine enacted its Crisis Standards of Care plan, effective at 9 a.m. Thursday.
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Dr. Lindsay Huse on Tuesday issued a temporary indoor mask mandate for the City of Omaha, effective at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday.
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Gov. Pete Ricketts kicked off the new year on with a walk around the Nebraska Capitol to promote the benefits of exercise.
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Proclamation authorizes release of state funds for recovery, allows for federal funds request.
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About 500 animals were rescued from a home in Nebraska over the course of two days, according to the Nebraska Humane Society.
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The states say the requirements threaten the jobs of “millions of healthcare workers who risked their lives in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic to care for strangers and friends in their communities.”
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In a lawsuit filed Monday in the District Court of Lancaster County, Erin Porterfield and Kristin Williams are looking to be recognized as the legal parents of both children after each gave birth to one child.
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Omaha Police arrested an international flight passenger at Eppley Airfield who caused a disturbance when asked to comply with COVID-19 rules.