OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - In June, First Alert 6 reported on an error mistakenly deducting money from a government pension - now there are results.

Donna Novotny suffers from a communication disorder called Aphasia. In June, her husband Don spent hours on hold with a federal agency trying to get an error corrected with her pension.

“The longest I’ve been on hold is eight hours,” he said.

Now, he’s glad that he didn’t take the lack of communication lying down and contacted First Alert 6 for help.

“After you contacted people, we got action,” he said.

A deduction mistake cost Donna Novotny a large portion of her pension and the retired small-town postmaster said federal officials failed to deliver on promises to fix the error and refund the money.

“Because I’m supposed to be getting what I

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