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FILE - In this March 12, 2020, file photo, baseball fans look through a fence at Hammond Stadium after a game between the Minnesota Twins and the Baltimore Orioles was canceled, in Fort Myers, Fla. On MLB’s opening day, ballparks will be empty with the start of the season on hold because of the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)

FILE - In this March 12, 2020, file photo, baseball fans look through a fence at Hammond Stadium after a game between the Minnesota Twins and the Baltimore Orioles was canceled, in Fort Myers, Fla. On MLB’s opening day, ballparks will be empty with the start of the season on hold because of the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)

March 25, 2020

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Walz orders Minnesota to stay home 2 weeks to slow COVID-19
March 25, 2020 5:59 p.m.

Walz orders Minnesota to stay home 2 weeks to slow COVID-19

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Gov. Tim Walz on Wednesday ordered Minnesota residents to stay at home for two weeks except for essential needs in an effort to slow the spread of COVID-19 and prevent the coronavirus from overwhelming the state's health care system.