WTOL 11 meteorologist Robert Shiels last day

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WTOL 11 Chief Meteorologist Robert Shiels signs off for the final time, joined by former WTOL 11 anchors Jerry Anderson, Chrys Peterson and Jeff Heitz plus current members of the First Alert Weather Team, Ryan Wichman and Kelly Heidbreder.

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Robert Shiels, joined by former WTOL 11 anchor and close friend Chrys Peterson at Frisch's on Woodville Road in Northwood for the Monday Night Classic Car Cruise-In!

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Robert Shiels, joined by former WTOL 11 anchor and close friend Chrys Peterson at Frisch's on Woodville Road in Northwood for the Monday Night Classic Car Cruise-In!

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Robert Shiels, showed up at Frisch's on Woodville Road in Northwood for the Monday Night Classic Car Cruise-In to say hello to friends old and new! It wouldn't be complete without a little rainshower to say goodbye to a man who knows his weather!

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A fan offered Robert a deal on one of the classic cars at the Monday Night Cruise-In at Frisch's in Northwood. Robert declined, but not before trying to haggle with the fan first!

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Robert Shiels, joined by former WTOL 11 anchor Chrys Peterson at Frisch's on Woodville Road in Northwood for the Monday Night Classic Car Cruise-In!

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Robert Shiels, joined by former WTOL 11 anchor and close friend Chrys Peterson at Frisch's on Woodville Road in Northwood for the Monday Night Classic Car Cruise-In!

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Robert Shiels, joined by former WTOL 11 anchor and close friend Chrys Peterson at Frisch's on Woodville Road in Northwood for the Monday Night Classic Car Cruise-In!

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Robert Shiels, joined by former WTOL 11 anchor and close friend Chrys Peterson at Frisch's on Woodville Road in Northwood for the Monday Night Classic Car Cruise-In!

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Robert Shiels, joined by former WTOL 11 anchor and close friend Chrys Peterson at Frisch's on Woodville Road in Northwood for the Monday Night Classic Car Cruise-In!

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Robert Shiels, joined by former WTOL 11 anchor and close friend Chrys Peterson (and a fan from Northwood!) at Frisch's on Woodville Road in Northwood for the Monday Night Classic Car Cruise-In!

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A popular question at the Northwood Frisch's Cruise-In was what to expect with the weather. Robert had radar handy using our First Alert Weather app!

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Another demonstration of the First Alert Weather app as Robert's congratulated with a few rumbles of thunder!

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Robert Shiels, joined by former WTOL 11 anchor and close friend Chrys Peterson at Frisch's on Woodville Road in Northwood for the Monday Night Classic Car Cruise-In!

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Robert Shiels, joined by former WTOL 11 anchor and close friend Chrys Peterson at Frisch's on Woodville Road in Northwood for the Monday Night Classic Car Cruise-In!

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DAY 2: Robert's second stop was to Fifth Third Field for a Toledo Mud Hens game. He took to the mound to toss out the first pitch during Hens & Hounds night!

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WTOL 11 First Alert Chief Meteorologist Robert Shiels took to the mound to toss the first pitch at the Toledo Mud Hens game Tuesday during Hens & Hounds night! But first, he met up with some of the hounds. Plenty of friends and viewers have turned out to wish Robert well so far. If you know Robert, you know he's got a special bond with dogs. Isaac was plenty happy to see him and get some chin scratches!

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This pup, a rescue from the Toledo Humane Society, was having a great time cooling off in one of the pools set up for the hounds.

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Robert stopped by Fifth Third Field for a Toledo Mud Hens game. He was live from the park before taking to the mound to toss out the first pitch during Hens & Hounds night!

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Robert stopped by Fifth Third Field for a Toledo Mud Hens game. He was live from the park before taking to the mound to toss out the first pitch during Hens & Hounds night!

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Robert discussed his pitching technique with a viewer and First Alert Weather fan ahead of his first time tossing a first pitch!

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Two thumbs up means Robert's ready to go!

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Robert winds up....

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The sandals might not be approved footwear.

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And the pitch!

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It was a little off, but not quite as bad as Robert made it seem!

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Robert Shiels posing with Mudonna and the freshly-signed baseball that (almost) made it cleanly over the plate!

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DAY 3: Robert stops by Stroll the Streets in Rossford! He's met by special guest Nigel Burgoine, artistic director of Ballet Theatre of Toledo. Nigel's a longtime friend and golfing partner and, of course, a ballet instructor! One of his students? Robert Shiels. Robert's appeared in several of Nigel's productions as a dancer and shared stories of his experiences!

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DAY 3: Robert stops by Stroll the Streets in Rossford! He's met by special guest Nigel Burgoine, artistic director of Ballet Theatre of Toledo. Nigel's a longtime friend and golfing partner and, of course, a ballet instructor! One of his students? Robert Shiels. Robert's appeared in several of Nigel's productions as a dancer and shared stories of his experiences... which included reminiscing about times on the putting green!

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DAY 3: Robert stops by Stroll the Streets in Rossford! He's met by special guest Nigel Burgoine, artistic director of Ballet Theatre of Toledo. Nigel's a longtime friend and golfing partner and, of course, a ballet instructor! One of his students? Robert Shiels. Robert's appeared in several of Nigel's productions as a dancer and shared stories of his experiences!

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DAY 3: Robert stops by Stroll the Streets in Rossford! He's met by special guest Nigel Burgoine, artistic director of Ballet Theatre of Toledo. Nigel's a longtime friend and golfing partner and, of course, a ballet instructor! One of his students? Robert Shiels. Nigel gave Robert some pointers on how to improve his golf swing.

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DAY 3: Robert stops by Stroll the Streets in Rossford! He's met by special guest Nigel Burgoine, artistic director of Ballet Theatre of Toledo. Nigel's a longtime friend and golfing partner and, of course, a ballet instructor! One of his students? Robert Shiels. Nigel gave Robert some pointers on how to improve his golf swing. This one had good form.

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DAY 3: Robert stops by Stroll the Streets in Rossford! He's met by special guest Nigel Burgoine, artistic director of Ballet Theatre of Toledo. Nigel's a longtime friend and golfing partner and, of course, a ballet instructor! One of his students? Robert Shiels. Nigel gave Robert some pointers on how to improve his golf swing. The oversized golf club appeared to help!

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DAY 3: Robert stops by Stroll the Streets in Rossford! He's met by special guest Nigel Burgoine, artistic director of Ballet Theatre of Toledo. Nigel's a longtime friend and golfing partner and, of course, a ballet instructor! One of his students? Robert Shiels.

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At Stroll the Streets, some viewers and longtime fans stopped for selfies and well wishes. Shortly after this photo session, a young girl stopped with a smile to say to Robert "thank you for telling me the weather!"

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DAY 4: Former WTOL 11 anchor Jerry Anderson surprised Robert at the Perrysburg Farmers Market! Jerry also got to meet Indy Shiels, who was having a blast making new friends and meeting her own adoring fans.

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DAY 4: Former WTOL 11 anchor Jerry Anderson surprised Robert at the Perrysburg Farmers Market! Jerry also got to meet Indy Shiels, who was having a blast making new friends and meeting her own adoring fans.

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DAY 4: Former WTOL 11 anchor Jerry Anderson surprised Robert at the Perrysburg Farmers Market! Jerry also got to meet Indy Shiels, who was having a blast making new friends and meeting her own adoring fans.

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Indy Shiels made her public debut!

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Indy Shiels offered the weather forecast.

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Indy Shiels needs a little more work before she's ready to be a meteorologist!

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Another surprise guest showed up at the Perrysburg Farmers Market! This time, longtime WTOL 11 p.m. producer Al Mannes joined Jerry and Robert for some laughter and a little catching up.

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Another surprise guest showed up at the Perrysburg Farmers Market! This time, longtime WTOL 11 p.m. producer Al Mannes joined Jerry and Robert for some laughter and a little catching up.

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Al Mannes, Jerry Anderson and Robert Shiels. Combined, they have lots of years behind the scenes and in front of the camera at WTOL 11!

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And of course, Robert was joined by the rest of his family and not just Indy! Robert's wife Michelle, a former WTOL 11 reporter, made a little cameo on air.

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It was a little bit of a change for Robert to interview Michelle!

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The rest of the family was there, too! Robert's talked quite a bit about the rest of the household, who will be seeing him a lot more once he departs WTOL!

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While Robert is bidding WTOL farewell, First Alert Meteorologists Chris Vickers and Ryan Wichman won't be going anywhere! Chris is the next Chief Meteorologist and will be moving to the nightly newscasts, while Ryan will join the morning team!

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The camera was live on Robert in studio for the last time and one of the rare times alongside Chris!

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A rare opportunity where Chris Vickers and Robert Shiels share the green screen! Chris is the next WTOL 11 First Alert Chief Meteorologist!

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"Team 11" from winter 1998 on "Channel 11!"

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... and now! From the 1998 team to 2021, a surprise reunion was in store for Robert on his final day!

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Former WTOL 11 anchor Jeff Heitz shared a handshake and some well wishes for Robert. Heitz retired in 2001 after several years sharing the screen with Robert!

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WTOL 11 anchors Chrys Peterson and Jeff Heitz spent several years of their careers with Robert!

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Robert may be leaving, but the green screen will be in the capable hands of the WTOL 11 First Alert Weather Team! Diane Phillips is joining the crew, Ryan Wichman is moving to mornings, John Burchfield is no longer the "new guy," Robert will be enjoying retirement from broadcast, Chris Vickers is the next Chief Meteorologist and Kelly Heidbreder will be keeping the weekends fun!

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The Shiels family! They'll be seeing a lot more of Robert around the house!

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Team WTOL 11 and friends, wishing Robert Shiels the absolute best in his future endeavors!

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The Shiels family!

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