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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A federal grand jury indicted the director of The Heartland News on a bank fraud charge relating to a loan application with the federal COVID-19 relief program.
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On the eve of the two-month anniversary of Ryan Larsen’s disappearance, La Vista Police Chief Bob Lausten said Friday that investigators are still working to follow up on some initial information in the case.
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A spokeswoman for the FBI field office in Omaha said Wednesday that agents across the country are looking for information about an unknown man who may have information about a child victim in a sexual exploitation investigation.
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Dozens of people who spent the night at Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium during a series of camps last weekend are due for a round of rabies shots after a potential exposure at recent overnight events.
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Gov. Pete Ricketts said Friday he was extending by 14 days the voluntary deployment of 15 Nebraska State Patrol troopers to Texas while simultaneously slamming the Biden administration’s immigration policies.
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Nebraska State Patrol’s superintendent responded to requests and accusations made by the troopers’ union, stating that all deployed to the border volunteered for the assignment.
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The NCAA handed down its decision Tuesday on an ethical infraction after an assistant coach accepted $6,000 from a business management company in 2017 in Las Vegas.
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The College World Series has always drawn fans from near and far to downtown Omaha. On Friday, the fan-sphere extended all the way into space.
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A day after President Biden signed a bill declaring June 19 the 12th federal holiday, Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts issued a statement on the observance.
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The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services on Thursday announced it will be distributing its next round of SNAP funds to qualifying residents next week.
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Omaha Police arrested seven people after a protest at the police officer’s union was declared unlawful.
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Fremont Police on Thursday night were looking for a man in connection with the abduction of a 6-year-old boy believed to be his son, but reported Friday morning that both had been located in Missouri.
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Gov. Pete Ricketts signed two bills into law this week: one a redo on an issue causing sparks in some communities, the other on actual fireworks.
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The man critically injured in the Westroads Mall shooting around noon Saturday died, Omaha Police said in an update about four hours later. Saturday night, police identified the victim as Traquez Swift, 21.
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One of the six cases being examined in relation to the blood clot reports that halted the distribution of Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccinations Tuesday is a Nebraska woman, according to a CDC report.
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Gov. Pete Ricketts tweeted in support of Georgia’s embattled governor on Saturday, stating that Nebraska stands in solidarity as “(Gov. Brian Kemp) is expanding voting options” in his state while corporate critics “are promoting Democratic disinformation.”
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Gov. Pete Ricketts said the state will allow its health districts to open vaccines to all Nebraskans starting Monday.
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The Douglas County Health Department on Friday said 100 positive cases of COVID-19 — most of them the UK variant — have been traced to a northwest Omaha daycare; and that a possible second outbreak tied to “an event” is under investigation.
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Doug Emhoff, the husband of Vice President Kamala Harris, is scheduled to visit a local hospital Tuesday.
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Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts is giving an update on the state’s COVID-19 response.
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Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts give an update on the state’s COVID-19 response Friday morning, attending remotely in accordance with state policy, but noting he had tested negative.
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A Division 1 committee on Wednesday approved a plan that would bring the NCAA women’s volleyball championship to Omaha this spring.
Gov. Pete Ricketts will be in quarantine for seven days after a close contact tested positive, his office said Monday.
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Gov. Pete Ricketts said Friday he is preparing to move Nebraska into a new phase of directed health measures that will remove any capacity restrictions for businesses as the state’s COVID-19 hospitalizations continue to decline.
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The FBI is asking for the public’s help in identifying Jane Doe 43 in hopes they have “critical information” about a child they believe to be a victim of sexual exploitation.
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The FBI Omaha Field Office said Monday that agents had arrested an Omaha man on a federal warrant relating to the Jan. 6 protest at the U.S. Capitol.
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Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts urged patience Tuesday as the state continues work on the digital rollout of its general COVID-19 vaccination plan.
State officials said Monday they are planning to launch the website for Nebraskans to sign up for COVID-19 vaccinations in late January.
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In his update on Nebraska’s COVID-19 response Friday, Gov. Pete Ricketts reported the state’s hospitalizations had fallen below 500 for the first time since October.
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Talking from Washington, D.C., Nebraska lawmakers described what it was like to watch the chaos unfold at the Capitol after protestors stormed the federal building while the joint session was debating the 2020 Electoral College results.
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Back in session Wednesday morning, members of the Unicameral were sworn in by the state’s chief justice, Michael G. Heavican.
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Nebraska officials said Wednesday they are on the lookout for the new strain of COVID-19 positively identified in Colorado as the state’s vaccination rollout continues.
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Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts is giving an update on the state’s COVID-19 response at 9 a.m. Friday.
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Recipients of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccinations administered at CHI Health on Monday are talking about how things are going a day later.
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Gov. Pete Ricketts will officially loosen some of the state’s restrictions effective at 12:01 a.m. Saturday — the seventh consecutive day Nebraska’s COVID-19 hospitalizations have been at 20% or lower.
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Dr. Cary Ward of CHI Health, Dr. Bill Lydiatt of Methodist, and Dr. Harris Frankel of Nebraska Medicine are giving an update Monday, Nov. 2, 2020, on the health systems' respective plans for elective surgeries, bed capacities, and navigating the coming months.
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With one week until Election Day, President Trump ended his day on the campaign trail Tuesday in Omaha.
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President Trump is planning an Omaha campaign stop Tuesday evening.
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All of Nebraska, except Lancaster County, moves into Phase 4 today.
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Embattled Democratic Senate candidate Chris Janicek is giving an update Monday ahead of the deadline to withdraw his candidacy.
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In an update Monday that featured a new slogan focused on the agricultural exports of Nebraska, Gov. Pete Ricketts also commented on the state penitentiary’s COVID-19 quarantine, medical marijuana, and the Big Ten’s fall sports decisions.
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Former Congressman Brad Ashford confirmed on Thursday that he will not be running against Sen. Ben Sasse as a write-in candidate on the November ballot, citing a lack of time to run an effective campaign.