Who is Laura Hettiger?
Laura Hettiger works at KMOV as a host and traffic anchor. She co-hosts Great Day St. Louis and My St. Louis Live! as well as covering the traffic updates for KMOV. Laura joined KMOV in July 2012 as a morning anchor for News 4 This Morning.
Age
Hettiger is 37 years old as of 2024. She was born on June 3, 1987, in the United States. She stands at a height of 5 feet 7 inches tall.
Family
Hettiger was born and raised by her parents Frank Hettiger and Jennifer Hettiger in Flora, Illinois. She was raised alongside her older sister Jessica Hettiger Reeder. Laura’s father is an Optometrist and the owner of Hettiger Eye Care Center.
Husband
Hettiger is married to her husband Dr. Mark Gdowski. They got engaged in early 2020 but had to postpone their wedding to 2021 due to the pandemic. They got married on December 31, 20201. Laura’s husband Mark is a cardiologist who is an expert in the treatment of many types of heart conditions.
Mark and Laura have two children; Henry Allen and Leo Allen Gdowski. Leo was born on December 12, 2022, and named after Laura’s father.
Laura Hettiger Salary
Hettiger’s annual salary is estimated to be between $ 70k and $ 100k. Her exact salary figure is still not available but will be updated soon.
Net Worth
Hettiger has an estimated net worth ranging between $100 k – $500 k. She has earned this figure from her successful journalism career. Her exact net worth figure will be updated soon.
Laura Hettiger KMOV
Hettiger graduated from the University of Illinois with a Bachelor of Science degree in News-Editorial Journalism. She also has a Master of Science in Broadcast Journalism obtained from the University of Illinois.
Hettiger started her career as a broadcast intern at WICD TV in Illinois. She interned in both the sports and news departments and helped reporters and photographers shoot 15 high school football games. The next year, she served as a teaching assistant at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She taught the Introduction to Journalism class while working on a Master’s degree.
In May 2008, she joined Cheer Unlimited where she operated a private cheerleading company in southern Illinois as a co-owner and choreographer. It was so unfortunate that she tore almost every ligament in her right knee in a cheerleading accident at an Illinois basketball game.
She didn’t realize it at the time, but it turned out to be one of the finest things that had ever occurred to her. It taught her never to quit, which has served her well throughout her journalism career.
Laura joined WCBD-TV 2 as a multimedia journalist where she reported live three days a week for the early and late evening newscasts. She also anchored sports segments periodically while shooting, editing, and writing her own stories. Hettiger joined KMOV in July 2012 and works as an anchor and host of Great Day, a mid-morning lifestyle talk show.
During her first three years at KMOV, you could find her at almost every breaking news scene from 3:00 in the morning until noon. She won her first Emmy Award for General Assignment Reporting for her coverage during the Ferguson unrest. Giving back is one of Laura’s greatest passions. She is on the Advisory Board of the St. Louis Crisis Nursery and is a big fan of Pedal the Cause.
Laura also supports the objective of The Little Bit Foundation, a local non-profit that works on removing barriers to learning for students in St. Louis public schools. In August 2018, she merged her passions for The Little Bit Foundation and ran to launch Laura’s Run 4 Kids, an annual 5K and family fun run in downtown St. Louis. The family-run helps St. Louis kids and it has raised approximately $300,000 in the first five years.
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