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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...

Students at the dorm making pizza together
Packing Up:
Grace Perry • May 14, 2026

For many Cotter dorm students, the end of the school...

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

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

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Photo from the Duke Chronicle.
“The West Wing”: Still Relevant Today
Elise Modjeski • 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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Rawson Sullivan in mid-flip after scoring on a long touchdown
Sullivan’s circular celebration
Preston Granseth • October 13, 2026

Talk about flipping the script. After scoring a...

Cotter teammates celebrate a score at at a recent home game
Football team sets sights on State
Erik Semling • October 12, 2026

The Cotter football team hopes to return to the...

Messi finds home in Football
Messi finds home in Football
Grace Perry • September 18, 2025

No, not Lionel Messi, Messi Tran. When Messi Tran...

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Underground Music
Underground Music
David Yearous • May 17, 2026

Ash Wicka is aiming to turn underground ambition into a successful career through his music, blending personal creativity with self-produced sound. The independent artist...

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

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Locked in on Tuesday
Locked in on Tuesday

Cotter freshman Johan Willert getting is homework done on the second floor of the JNR on a Tuesday in early October after school. Johan plays football...

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Pitching in to keep Cotter clean
Pitching in to keep Cotter clean

Cotter junior Preston Granseth picking up trash and  helping keep the hallways clean.

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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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Students from Luxembourg gather in a Cotter classroom during their visit to Winona
Students from Luxembourg visit Cotter
Gigi Burnham • September 25, 2025

Building bridges takes time, but it's great when you can finally walk across them. For the past two years a student group from Luxembourg has been communicating with a...

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