6:19 Wisconsin’s year of COVID-19 has featured one milestone after another, many of them disturbing to people in the state and here in the Northwoods. Here’s a look back at the timeline of how Wisconsin went from COVID-free to a half-million cases, with plenty of tension, confusion, and sickness along the way. 2020 February 5: Wisconsin reports its first case of COVID-19, found in a person who had just returned from Beijing. March 13: Gov. Tony Evers closes all schools for two and a half weeks. March 19: Wisconsin reports its first two deaths from the disease. March 24: Evers orders people to stay at home and nonessential businesses to close as part of his Safer at Home order. It’s not “something I thought we’d have to do. It’s not something I wanted to do. It’s not something I take lightly,” Evers says.