Three weeks after meteorologist Wren Clair filed a sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit against her former employer KSTP-TV, she has left her current job at KARE 11, where she has worked since May.
In addition, KARE 11 sports director Reggie Wilson announced Thursday via Linkedin that his position is “being eliminated” and that he will leave the station on Dec. 31.
Reggie Wilson (Courtesy of KARE 11)
KARE 11 general manager Doug Wieder, Clair and Clair’s attorney Paul Schinner did not immediately respond to requests for comment Friday.
In an Instagram post Friday, Clair confirmed she not only departed the station, she is leaving television entirely. Her KARE 11 online biography was deleted around the same time her post went up on Instagram.
“KARE 11 and I have agreed to part ways,” read the post. “I thank all my colleagues for their professionalism and hard work. I thank all the viewers for watching me and supporting me. I look forward to focusing more on my personal life and pursuing scientific careers outside of television.”
In his Linkedin post, Wilson wrote that “it’s not easy navigating layoffs, especially considering my wife and I are both enduring job loss at KARE in the same year. Now with a newborn at home, the stakes are raised. So I’m open for work.”
In a statement to the Pioneer Press, Wilson said: “I’m appreciative of the opportunity to cover sports for KARE 11 these last four years and I’m looking forward to finishing out the rest of my time strong. Hopeful and excited for what the future holds.”
Wilson joined the station in August 2021. He replaced longtime sports director Eric Perkins, who left the station after 25 years. Wilson’s wife, Alexis Rogers, left KARE in January following national layoffs.
Wren Clair lawsuit
A Hopkins native, Clair was abruptly fired by St. Paul-based KSTP in February after nearly seven years at the station. She began working at KARE in May.
In her lawsuit against KSTP, which made national headlines, Clair said she was demoted in 2024 and terminated in February, “but the sex-based disparate treatment and sexual harassment occurred throughout the entirety of her employment.”
KSTP, in a legal response in Ramsey County District Court, said Clair was terminated “as a result of her poor performance, on which she was repeatedly coached.” The response also said she was not “subjected to sex-based harassment.”
At the time, Clair’s attorney Paul Schinner said the work environment at KSTP was “the kind that you would hope no longer exists in 2025 and unfortunately it is still alive and well. We feel that a fact that a woman is on television is not an excuse to subject her to offensive sexual comments and sexist double standards.”
In her lawsuit, Clair claimed former KSTP news director Kirk Varner and retired chief meteorologist Dave Dahl repeatedly made comments about her body and appearance.
In its legal response, KSTP said Varner’s discussion of Clair’s on-camera appearance was “standard for on-air talent” and that Varner “emphasized the importance of clothing fit, informed (Clair) that wearing certain pants, such as joggers, on-air was unprofessional, and addressed (Clair’s) abrupt hair color change from blonde to brunette by referencing the appearance clause in her employment agreement.”
KSTP also said after Clair reported confronting Dahl about her concerns he “apologized and agreed to work on it.”
Environmental scientist
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Clair holds a master of science degree in environmental science and policy from Johns Hopkins University, a bachelor of science in meteorology from Mississippi State University and degrees in chemistry and anthropology from the University of Minnesota, according to a now-deleted biography on KSTP’s website.
A member of the American Meteorological Society, Clair worked at stations in Rhinelander, Wis., and Boston, where she covered historic flooding in January 2018, before moving to KSTP. She also worked as a chemist for five years and was part of multiple publications, primarily related to organic synthesis.
Clair has tutored math and science off and on since high school and has taught GED-seeking students through Neighborhood House in the Wellstone Center in St. Paul. She has also spent time volunteering at Union Gospel Mission’s dental clinic, as well as previously running the children’s dental outreach program.
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