Lindsay Aerts

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Lindsay Aerts is a former anchor, reporter and producer for KSL NewsRadio. She moved to KSL TV in 2023. You can reach her at laerts@ksl.com.

Salt Lake City extends masks policy for Salt Lake City School District through winter break

Kids in the Salt Lake School District will be wearing masks to school through at least the end of the calendar year. The city council voted last night to extend an emergency health order until December 20th.
2 years ago

More Afghan refugees will be in Salt Lake County by week’s end

Of 675 Afghan refugees headed to Utah, almost 150 of them are expected to arrive this week. They include children and unaccompanied minors.
2 years ago

A third of Southwest Flights canceled from Salt Lake City Monday

A third of Southwest flights out of Salt Lake City were canceled on Monday, continuing a trend that began Sunday.
2 years ago

Senator Lee tells DOJ don’t get involved in school board meetings

Senator Mike Lee and several other Republicans are demanding the Department of Justice (DOJ) to not interfere in school board meetings.
3 years ago

Shark Tank star charged with defrauding “vulnerable” woman

Shark Tank star Nathanael Holzapfel is accused of selling a woman's home without her knowledge. He is currently out on bail.
3 years ago

Biden vaccine mandate brings nearly 1K people to committee meeting

Almost all of the public comments came from people opposed to Mr. Biden's vaccine mandate, and many of them owned small businesses.
3 years ago

Utah man finishes World Championship half Ironman while dying from ALS

Kyle Brown was diagnosed with an aggressive and terminal form of ALS and vowed to complete, and finish, the Ironman World Championships. And he did.
3 years ago

No pride flag, or others, in Davis School District classrooms

The district cites state law for keeping Pride, BLM, MAGA, Dixie Rebel, or other political flags out of classrooms.
3 years ago

Utah lawmakers want public input on the president’s vaccine mandate

A meeting of the Business and Labor Committee has been scheduled for October 4 to discuss the president's vaccine mandate.
3 years ago

Hard freeze, frost warnings in place for some parts of Utah tonight

The frost warning Monday night covers the Cache Valley, the Wasatch Back, the Sanpete Valley, and areas near Panquich, Utah.
3 years ago

Governor Spencer Cox says decision to vaccinate should be left up to businesses

Governor Cox wants to businesses to decide for themselves if COVID-19 vaccines should be required.
3 years ago

Group opposing business vaccine mandates petitioned Utah lawmakers not to allow them

A group opposed to federal vaccine mandates for businesses flooded a legislative committee meeting Wednesday.
3 years ago

Utah County wants a new plan for COVID-19 in schools

The proposal for Utah County made by County Commissioner Amelia Powers Gardiner focuses on individual efforts to mitigate COVID-19.
3 years ago

Utah lawmaker wants businesses held liable if they require COVID-19 vaccines

A Utah lawmaker wants businesses that require vaccines to be held accountable for potential risks.
3 years ago

Senate President Stuart Adams blames Donovan Mitchell for blowback on attempted Critical Race Theory ban

Utah Senate President Stuart Adams said Jazz Donovan Mitchell is largely the reason there was blowback to legislation banning Critical Race Theory.
3 years ago

Utah House Democrats ‘frustrated’ over COVID-19 surge

Utah House Democrats issued a statement urging the legislature to return power to public health officials.
3 years ago

Utah Gov. Spencer Cox walks back doubts on effectiveness of masks

On Friday, Gov. Cox said that he didn't mean to imply masks are not effective, but rather that vaccines are more effective against COVID-19.
3 years ago

Natalie Cline reprimanded by Utah State Board of Education

Natalie Cline was reprimanded, the board said, over divisive social media posts involving LGBTQA+ youth in Utah. Cline has not yet commented.
3 years ago

Weber-Morgan Health Director wants K-6 mask mandate

For Weber and Morgan counties, the proposed health order would require masks if a school has 2% of its student body with COVID-19.
3 years ago

“No mask ban in Utah,” say state lawmakers after launch of investigation

Utah State Superintendent Sydnee Dickson said there's no mask ban in Utah and that a federal investigation is misguided.
3 years ago

Utah cyclist diagnosed with aggressive ALS to compete in Ironman World Championships

An elite cyclist from Farmington is dying from an aggressive, rare form of ALS  and doctors have told him he only has 6 to 18 months to live, but that diagnosis isn't stopping him from living.
3 years ago

Radium found in a quarter of Bountiful City residents’ drinking water

A notice was sent to residents from 400 East Orchard Drive east toward the mountain, and Millbrook Way north to the Centerville border.
3 years ago

Owner of Scales and Tails defends business from PETA after viral gator attack video

The owner of Scales and Tales in West Valley is defending the alligator, and his shop, from PETA.
3 years ago

Utah trainer in good spirits after being dragged into alligator enclosure

Utah reptile trainer, Lindsay Bull, is in good spirits after a close call with an alligator at the West Valley City reptile zoo, Scales and Tales.
3 years ago