Top 6 on 6: This week’s most-watched videos - Jan. 27

This week’s most-viewed coverage included a blind date gone bad, interesting ice formations, and the groundbreaking of a new skyscraper.
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Published: Jan. 28, 2023 at 11:03 AM CST
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(WOWT) - Below are WOWT’s most watched videos, most clicked stories, and most engaged social media posts for the week ending Friday, Jan. 27.

WOWT’s Top 6 videos

6. Blind date in Omaha lures beating victim

The start of what he thought was a blind date left a man with a severely-injured eye and other serious injuries.

An Omaha man is warning others about meeting up with strangers online.

5. Omaha’s first mass-timber office building taking shape

It’s promoted as being more environmentally friendly than most newer commercial buildings in downtown Omaha.

A mass-timber building is in the works in Omaha

4. Rime ice forms near Westroads Mall

Rime ice made for a pretty display one morning at the TopGolf near Westroads Mall.

WATCH: Rime ice made for a pretty display this morning at the TopGolf near Westroads Mall.

3. Taste of Omaha returning to Elmwood Park

The annual Taste of Omaha festival has been away from its traditional home on the Riverfront due to construction for the last three years.

Councilmembers and neighbors say they're "blindsided" by the Taste of Omaha's expected return to one of Omaha's oldest parks.

2. La Vista police chief responds to Ryan Larsen death petition

Following the news that the family of Ryan Larsen has submitted a petition to presume the boy dead, the La Vista police chief says there are inaccuracies in the filing.

La Vista Police responded to the petition filed by the mother of Ryan Larsen tonight.

1. Mutual of Omaha breaks ground on new 44-story skyscraper

The 677-foot skyscraper is slated to become Nebraska’s tallest building when it’s completed in 2026.

Mutual of Omaha broke ground on its new downtown headquarters today.

WOWT’s Top 6 stories

WOWT’s Top 6 most engaged posts

6. Omaha teacher wins prestigious award

5. Mariska Hargitay’s birthday

4. Mummified crocodiles in Egypt

3. Pet toy testers needed

2. Mutual of Omaha skyscraper

1. Elephant birthdays in Omaha