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Kohl's Reopening Wisconsin Stores Starting Friday: Report

Kohl's Department stores across Wisconsin temporarily closed its stores nationwide Thursday, March 19 at 7 p.m.

Some stores are opening earlier than others. Here's the list.
Some stores are opening earlier than others. Here's the list. (Image Via Google Street Map)

MILWAUKEE, WI — Kohl's Department Stores is reopening to shoppers in Wisconsin after a two-month-long closure due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic in Wisconsin.

According to company officials, a majority of the Wisconsin stores will open Friday, with the others opening next week.

Kohl's Department stores across Wisconsin temporarily closed its stores nationwide Thursday, March 19 at 7 p.m. local time due to the coronavirus pandemic.

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According to a JSOnline report, Kohl's will open 34 of its 41 Wisconsin stores on Friday at 11 a.m., with the remaining stores opening on Tuesday in communities that have local Safer At Home orders. According to the report, Madison, Appleton, Darboy, Racine and Janesville stores will open on Tuesday.

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Kohl's has already started reopening all of their stores in Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Georgia, Idaho, Mississippi, Montana and Texas, and most of their stores in Florida and Tennessee.

"We are taking an informed, measured approach based on a number of factors to reopen our stores on a phased timeline, with about 25 percent of our stores open by next week," a company spokesperson said.

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