A timeline of how the COVID-19 pandemic has played out in Wisconsin A life-threatening disease quickly spreading in our communities. Business closures and economic hardships. Here's a look at the last year. JR Radcliffe and Erin Caughey, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Published 4:15 pm UTC Mar. 11, 2021 Mike De Sisti and James Nelson / Milwaukee Journal Sentinel For many of us in Wisconsin, it was the most challenging year we've ever faced. A life-threatening disease quickly spreading in our communities. Business closures and economic hardships. Re-imagined schools and social lives. A renewed spotlight on systemic racism and injustice. An increasing gulf between political ideologies. Violence, most notably at the U.S. Capitol but also right here in Kenosha. Wisconsin in March 2021 looks nothing like early March 2020, when COVID-19 became an undeniable reality and ravaged many things we hold dear.