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Celebrating Winona Catholic schools   Each year we celebrate the gift that Catholic schools are to our community and our nation. This year, we realize and celebrate how blessed our Winona Catholic community is and we celebrate in a special way. Catholic Schools Week provides us the opportunity to acknowledge and give thanks for the many gifts that come to us as a result of our schools. First, we have the witness of parents and families choosing Catholic schools because faith and academic excellence are a priority for them. Second, we have graduates of our schools doing amazing th...

Follow COVID guidelines, school leaders urge (12/30/2020)   Area school leaders are urging community members to follow COVID-19 guidelines over the holidays to help ensure enough staff members are healthy and able to work in-person as the new year begins.  With the most recent state guidance allowing elementary schools to return to hybrid or in-person learning on January 18 as long as they can put certain COVID precautions in place — regardless of the county case rate — districts still need a sufficient number of staff members to be out of quarantine or isolation...

‘A consistent, positive force of leadership’ (12/23/2020)   Julie Gardner was about to hike the Grand Canyon for four days with friends when she got the call. Gardner’s son, a Cotter Schools football player, had dislocated his shoulder, and Cotter Schools President Sister Judith Schaefer was calling Gardner from Mayo Clinic. Gardner said she would get the next flight home. Schaefer, whom community members fondly call Sister Judy, responded that she had the situation under control and Gardner should stay where she was. Schaefer then remained with Gardner’s son...

Cotter Schools President Sister Judith Schaefer has taught in many states and instructed students at all levels over the course of her career in the field of education. ‘A consistent, positive force of leadership’ (12/23/2020)   Julie Gardner was about to hike the Grand Canyon for four days with friends when she got the call. Gardner’s son, a Cotter Schools football player, had dislocated his shoulder, and Cotter Schools President Sister Judith Schaefer was calling Gardner from Mayo Clinic. Gardner said she would get the next flight home. Schaefer, who...

Modified: 12/18/2020 1:01:44 PM NORTHAMPTON — In 1933, at the height of the Great Depression, unemployment across the country hit a staggering 25%, a mark that would come to symbolize just how bad joblessness could get in a capitalist economy. This May, amid the coronavirus pandemic, the unemployment rate was around 16%, according to a federal estimate. Most states hit historical highs in unemployment this spring, including Massachusetts, which suffered a 17.7% unemployment rate in April, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Although those numbers have improved, the country is likel...