On Sunday, March 8, 2020, in the final game of the regular season, the Iowa State women spoiled Baylor’s perfect conference record in front of 10,000 people at Hilton Coliseum. It would be the last collegiate sporting event in Iowa for months.
On Tuesday, March 10, 2020, Cedar Rapids’ SaPaDaPaSo parade scheduled for the following week was cancelled. The following day, the St. Patrick’s Day march between Davenport and Rock Island was called off.
On Thursday, March 12, 2020, the Iowa State men’s basketball season came to a dismal but scheduled end as the first of two games that night for the Big 12 Conference Tournament. The Big Ten already wasn’t playing. Hours earlier, the IHSAA announced limited attendance for Friday’s games of the boys’ state basketball tournament.
On Friday, March 13, 2020, at approximately 10:10 PM, Ankeny beat Waukee 78-70 for the Class 4A boys’ state basketball championship. It would be the last high school sporting event in Iowa for 95 days, until Colfax-Mingo and Tri-County opened baseball season in Des Moines.
On Sunday, March 15, 2020, I was called and told that if I wanted to use my work computer instead of a laptop, I needed to go get it. Now.
On Tuesday, March 17, 2020, Gov. Kim Reynolds ordered closures of restaurants and other businesses across the state.