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True Beethe of Omaha, Nebraska, just celebrated his 10th birthday surrounded by a family he didn’t used to have. At the age of 5 in 2022, he was dropped off at Children’s Nebraska by social services for a 7-hour heart surgery due to his congenital heart defect known as hypoplastic right heart syndrome.

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (WOWT) - A Council Bluffs clinic is working to bring specialized kidney care to Southwest Iowa residents who previously had limited access to treatment close to home. Advanced Kidney Care, owned by Dr. Jeremy Pepin, opened roughly two and a half years ago and focuses on patients...

OMAHA, Neb. (KMTV) - A 100-year-old World War II veteran from Nebraska has become the oldest organ donor in United States history. Dale Steele, a 100-year-old veteran, suffered a head injury in February and was placed on life support. His son, Roger Steele, says he was stunned when Live On Nebraska, an Omaha-based...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - DISH Network customers could lose access to First Alert 6 Tuesday, March 10 at 6 p.m. unless a renewal agreement is reached soon. If an agreement is not reached, DISH will pull First Alert 6 from its lineup Tuesday evening. If you’re a DISH customer, you...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Iranian state television has announced that Mojtaba Khamenei, son of Iran’s late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei, will succeed his father as the country’s next supreme leader. Mojtaba Khamenei will be the third supreme leader of Iran since the Islamic Revolution in 1979. He had...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - One person is dead following a crash on I-680 early Sunday morning. The crash happened on I-680 near 72nd street around 3:30 a.m., according to Omaha Police. At the scene, officers found a damaged GMC SUV. Investigators determined the SUV was heading east when it drifted...

The Omaha Police Department is working to track down a suspect in a cutting incident Sunday morning.

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - Cleanup began after a three-alarm industrial fire in South Omaha on this day three years ago. The fire ignited the night before near JFK and L Street. The building housed a company that makes and refurbishes shopping carts. Crews had difficulty reaching the flames because of...

UConn head coach Geno Auriemma elaborates on what went right for the Huskies' in their dominant 100-51 win over Creighton to reach the Big East Tournament final.