Lindsay Aerts

Website: http://www.ksl.com

Lindsay Aerts is a reporter, anchor and host at KSL Newsradio. She hosts "The Mom Show" podcast on KSL NewsRadio. She's done extensive reporting on Utah's mail-in election system. You can contact her at laerts@ksl.com.

Mitt Romney reports no evidence of voter fraud in the election

Sen. Mitt Romney told reporters he sees no evidence of widespread voter fraud in the 2020 election, an assertion at odds with claims from the president.
3 years ago

Common ballot mistakes and how to fix them

What do you do if you accidentally filled in two bubbles on your ballot, or spill your drink on it? We asked the County Clerks, here's their answer to common ballot mistakes and how to fix them.
3 years ago

Utah on pace for record voter turnout, state elections leaders predict

With eight days to go, 462,128 ballots have been processed in Utah in 2020, or already about half of the total voter turnout four years ago.
3 years ago

How to turn in your mail-in ballot and make sure it’s counted

You can't use crayon to fill out your ballot. Here's everything else you need to know to make sure your vote counts, either by mail or in person.
4 years ago

Primary Children’s Hospital giving out free safety devices to prevent hot car deaths

In Utah, 12 children have died in hot vehicles since 1990 and others have suffered injuries in close calls, according to a press release from Primary Children's Hospital.
5 years ago

Intermountain hospitals to screen all moms for postpartum depression

Intermountain Healthcare is implementing postpartum depression screening for all moms at all their hospitals state-wide by the end of the year.
5 years ago

Senator Romney: ‘it would be the wrong approach’ if Dems try for President Trump impeachment

Utah Senator Mitt Romney doesn't think impeachment of President Donald Trump is the route the Democrats should take.
5 years ago

Hurricane High students’ racist photo ‘abhorrent,’ but not a crime

Hurricane police say students who shared a racist picture on social media won't face any charges. Authorities call the photo abhorrent but say it is still protected under free speech.
5 years ago

Kearns mom charged after a teen left her house party and died

A Kearns woman is facing charges for the death of a teenager who police say died of hypothermia after she kicked him out of a house party.
5 years ago

Red-tailed hawk found dead of lead poisoning in Zion National Park

The hawk ingested a dead animal who was hunted with lead ammunition, the second year in a row this species of bird has died in the same area for the same reason.
5 years ago

These northern mountain passes won’t be open for Memorial Day

UDOT says they are hoping to open the northern mountain passes within a month but it will all depend on when the run-off allows.
5 years ago

Salt Lake City Marathon brings road closures Saturday morning

Thousands of runners and spectators will be out for the Salt Lake City Marathon Saturday morning
5 years ago

Three Utahns including 7-year-old killed in Wyoming crash

Troopers say none of the three people killed in the crash were wearing seatbelts and the van may have been overdriving the conditions. Four other children were taken to the hospital in critical condition.
5 years ago

Former SLC Mayor Ralph Becker continues fight against billboards

The former mayor of Salt Lake City, Ralph Becker, isn't in office anymore but is continuing his fight against the state's billboards.
6 years ago

Feral dog that developed ‘love of blood’ located, killed

A feral dog has been located and put down after animal control officers say it developed a taste for blood.
6 years ago

More rain has fallen in Oct. than the entire summer in Salt Lake

The National Weather Service in Salt Lake says in the first four days of October Salt Lake has gotten more rain than the entire summer.
6 years ago

SLC considers allowing “mother-in-law” apartments city-wide

The Salt Lake City Council may soon decide whether or not to allow so-called "mother-in-law" apartments across the city.
6 years ago

Shooting in Layton ends with Idaho death

A man shot in Layton has died after being driven to a hospital in Idaho, and police now say his friends drove him there at his own request.
6 years ago

Utah ranks first in nation for equal distribution of income

SALT LAKE CITY — Utah is now the number one state in the nation for having equality of incomes, meaning residents are relatively equal when it comes to the distribution of income between low and high earners. “We don’t have a lot of really high earners, and we don’t have a lot of people on the […]
6 years ago

West Valley City becomes Utah’s first majority minority city

WEST VALLEY CITY — For the first time, minority populations are the majority in West Valley City. Estimates released late Wednesday from the U.S. Census Bureau shows the states second largest city has more than half of its residents identify as Hispanic or non-white which makes it the first in the state to become home to […]
6 years ago

Three years later friends, family rally search for Macin Smith

ST. GEORGE — It’s been three years since St. George teen Macin Smith went missing and family and friends are still rallying to find any clues into his disappearance. On Saturday, family members and volunteers plan to search a 2-mile radius around the Smith’s Little Valley area home. About 150 volunteers are expected to show up […]
6 years ago

Argument over affair preceded plane crash, police say

Court documents say the man who flew a plane into his own Payson home earlier this week had been arguing with his wife over an affair she was having with another man, an altercation that got physical before police were involved. 
6 years ago

Abby Huntsman says “So long” to Fox & Friends Weekend

Multiple media outlets are reporting Abby Huntsman, daughter of Ambassador to Russia and former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman, Jr., will be joining the cast of ABC's The View.
6 years ago

Draper confirms firefighter killed in CA is one of theirs

The Draper City Fire Department has confirmed a firefighter killed while fighting the Mendocino Complex Fires in California is a Utah firefighter with their department. 
6 years ago