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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

Where in Winona do you hang out?
Where in Winona do you hang out?
Kayleigh Taylor, Casey Natzke • October 2, 2024

  Averi Spalding, 12th: "Acoustic Cafe, I like the food and the paintings from local artists fit the coffee shop."   Kollin Daiczun, 12th: "I like...

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Mr. Paulsen in Engineering classroom
Technical Advancements Approach at Cotter
Han Gia Hua, Reporter • May 21, 2025

Engineering classes,  once seen as dull,  are being...

Cotter students talk to a representative from Viterbo University at a recent college and job fair
Cotter hosts College Fair
Annie Modjeski, reporter • November 27, 2023

If you build it near the cafeteria, they will come. Cotter...

The group prepares to embark on their first flight on their journey to the Dominican Republic from the Minneapolis airport
Dominican Republic trip mixed service with culture
Ashlee Modjeski, reporter • October 12, 2023

This summer, a group of 24 cotter students attended...

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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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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...

Cotter girls checking results after the race. The girls team is on a roll and hopes to finish the season with another state title
Double Trouble: both boys and girls teams qualify for True Team
Ella Hoeger, Reporter • June 4, 2025

The Cotter track teams made history - again. For...

The girls volleyball team hopes to have more celebrations like this one in the 2025 season
Cotter Volleyball looks to build on success
Ava Homola, Reporter • June 3, 2025

Can 2025 top the historic 2024 season where the Cotter...

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A&E
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...

Doug Westerman interview
Doug Westerman interview
Chronicle staff October 2, 2024

Doug Westerman the general manager of Winona State radio station KQAL sits down with Amelia and Maddie of Cotter Teen Press at MidWest Musicfest. Later that day several KQAL...

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Diego Ayala playing his guitar in the dorm on May 24.
Diego Be Good

On the day he was packing up to return home, Cotter junior Diego Ayala continued to work on his guitar skills.  Here he is playing the opening to Chuck...

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Sports Card craze hits Cotter
Sports Card craze hits Cotter

They're back...sports cards that is. Sports Cards, those small pieces of cardboard with pictures of athletes on them, have a long history back the the...

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Cotter student Beto Gaitan is locked in as an 8 year old in a chess tournament in Torreon, Mexico
The Mexican Chess Master: Beto Gaitan
Mateo Lopez Amor, Reporter • June 7, 2025

While most teens his age are scrolling on their phone, Beto Gaitan is analyzing professional chess games and studying openings.  Alberto Gaitan, most known as Beto to...

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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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