A student moves out of Witte Residence Hall Thursday, March 12, 2020 on the campus of UW-Madison in Madison, Wis. The university is one of multiple Wisconsin universities on Wednesday took dramatic steps to ward off or curb the spread of the COVID-19 outbreak, everything from moving courses online to canceling university-sponsored travel and events to extending spring break. (Mark Hoffman/Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel via AP)
March 13, 2020
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March 13, 2020 7:02 p.m.
Gov. Evers orders closure of public schools across Wisconsin
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Tony Evers on Friday ordered all of Wisconsin's K-12 schools to close by next week in the hopes of slowing the spread of the coronavirus, a move that will affect nearly a million students and their families for at least the next several weeks.