Lindsey Burrell, a former beauty queen, is bidding farewell to her television role in Iowa next week. Her departure marks the end of a three-year tenure as an anchor and reporter at WHO13, a Nexstar affiliate in Des Moines. This move has sparked rumors that she may join her boyfriend, sports anchor Jeff Dubrof, who is based in Florida at WFLA.
Burrell, who earned the title of first runner-up in the 2021 Miss South Carolina pageant, is exiting WHO13. She joined the news outlet in January 2023, as reported by the independent TV news industry blog, FTVLive. Her final broadcast is scheduled for next week.
According to FTVLive, Burrell is romantically linked with Dubrof, a sports anchor at WFLA in Tampa, which is also owned by Nexstar. This relationship has fueled speculation that she might transition to another television station in Florida.
While the blog did not specify Burrell’s next destination, she has remained silent about her future career plans.
When contacted by The Post, Burrell chose not to comment on the matter.
She built her television career across South Carolina, South Dakota and Iowa before emerging as one of WHO13’s versatile on-air personalities.
Burrell joined WHO13 in January 2023, where she anchored weekday dayside and evening newscasts, filled in on weekend and morning broadcasts, covered breaking news and major local events and contributed reports to Nexstar’s national cable network NewsNation.
She also produced the station’s “Remarkable Women” special, conducted long-form political interviews, covered Iowa’s inaugural NASCAR Cup Series race for Nexstar and reported extensively on community issues, education, government and public safety.
Before moving to Iowa, Burrell worked as an anchor, reporter and producer at KOTA Territory News and KEVN Black Hills FOX in Rapid City, SD, from August 2021 through December 2022.
Long before her television career, Burrell competed in the Miss America organization.
She finished as first runner-up at Miss South Carolina in 2021 while serving as Miss Spartanburg and received more than $13,000 in scholarship awards.
Her relationship with Dubrof has become increasingly public over the past year through social media posts from both journalists.
Dubrof previously worked as a sports reporter and weekend sports anchor at KCCI in Des Moines before leaving in October for WFLA in Tampa.
Although Burrell and Dubrof worked in the same television market for nearly three years, they were employed by competing stations before Dubrof relocated to Florida.
They later became employees of different Nexstar-owned stations in separate markets.
The Post has sought comment from WHO13 and Dubrof.