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Cotter Chronicle

The student news site of Cotter High School

Cotter Chronicle

The student news site of Cotter High School

Cotter Chronicle

What Final is the Hardest and Why?
What Final is the Hardest and Why?
Autumn Borski and Marisa Oberg December 16, 2025

As finals week approaches, Cotter students and teachers reflected on which exams challenge them the most. We asked members of the community to share which final they consider...

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It’s Game Time: Interview with Alejandro
Carson Ehlenfeldt and Noah Austin May 18, 2026

Everyone has a story and Cotter junior Alejandro Martinez...

Demolition of Lourdes Hall in the fall of 2025
Good by Lourdes
Noah Austin, Reporter • December 5, 2025

Lourdes Hall, the largest building on the former St....

Hunter Schroeder (Grade 9) working hard in his animation class!
What’s happening in art?
Alanna Johnson, reporter • September 29, 2025

Creative ideas are flowing in Mr Hodge's art room this...

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Photo from the Duke Chronicle.
“The West Wing”: Still Relevant Today
Elise Modjeski, staff reporter • May 13, 2022

Blaming the government seems a popular pastime in American society. Horrible phrases condemning POTUS, Congress, and political parties adorn bumper stickers, flags, and...

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Dane Guzzo hands off to Cade Cummings in a home game vs. La Crescent
After strong start, Cummings looks to bounce back from injury
Keagan Glynn September 18, 2025

Cade Cummings had an electric start to the football...

Macs Nisbit connects on an extra point Kenyon-Wanamingo
Music, Routine, and Tranquility: How Macs Locks In Before Kickoff
Ben Burch September 15, 2025

Headphones on, eyes closed, and legs stretching in...

The Cotter golf team made progress in its 2nd year as part of the Three Rivers Conference
The Return of Cotter Golf
Logan Fritts, Reporter • June 9, 2025

The Cotter Ramblers are back in the swing on the golf...

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SoundWaves, Cotter's a capella vocal group, held its annual auditions this fall
SoundWaves continue to flow
Gaia Dellamandola, reporter • September 29, 2025

Water splashing softly on the sand or voices harmonizing -- soundwaves. Soundwaves is Cotter’s  a cappella vocal group. The group focuses mainly on pop music, performing...

Mr. Spencer Hodge, Cotter art teacher and photography enthusiast
From Shutter Click to Story
Winnie Hoang, Reporter • June 2, 2025

What happens when a camera becomes more than just a tool, when it opens the imagination to color, character, and personal expression?  In a small studio where lights with...

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Dane Guzzo hands off to Cade Cummings in a home game vs. La Crescent
QB Putting Student Into Student-Athlete

 Dane Guzzo, Cotter High School’s starting quarterback,  led the Ramblers to a huge 49-6 victory over La Crescent- Hokah football  Friday night. Although...

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IGNITE Sock Drive Kicks Off at Cotter
IGNITE Sock Drive Kicks Off at Cotter

Led by junior Matthew Baumgartner, the IGNITE youth group, which meets monthly at St. Mary's Parish in Winona,  held a pre-Holiday sock drive, where students...

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Diago checking Orah
The story of Diego
Annika Bruckner November 24, 2025

When Diego moved from Brazil to working at Cotter, he discovered how to know only be a parent at home and in the dorms, but how to be an amazing Soccer Coach as well. Diego...

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Access to one of our country's most unique and beautiful areas is right outside your backdoor
Our Own Delightful Driftless
Jack Jerowski, Reporter • June 7, 2025

Some people think that you have to take a vacation out west to see something truly special in nature; I think I just have to walk out in my backyard. Southeast Minnesota...

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