Penny Paquette, 9, looks at the trophies on display at the St. Francis Upper School open house Saturday, December 14, 2019. Paquette is a fourth grader at the new St. Francis School.

The students represented in it all have parents who are teachers in the St. Francis Area School. The lawsuit claimed that the district’s policy violated the Minnesota Constitution and state law.

A lawsuit stemming from a book banning policy in the St. Francis school district has been settled, and the books will return to shelves. In March, Education Minnesota-St. Francis and the American ...

The bell won’t ring again at Riverside’s St. Francis de Sales School. Parents learned in April that the school would close in June but some mounted a fundraising effort — and a proposal they ...

St. Francis de Sales School in Riverside, seen Tuesday, June 3, 2025, will close, officials announced Friday, June 6, 2025. The downtown Catholic school has educated students for 107 years.

St. Francis de Sales Catholic School, seen Friday, June 6, 2025, in downtown Riverside, is set for closure. A parents’ proposal intends to keep the school open. A decision is pending.

St. Francis de Sales Catholic School fifth graders Landon Gutierrez, Lilian Gutierrez and Sarah Salinas are seen Friday, June 6, 2025, on the last day before summer vacation.

RELATED: Riverside’s St. Francis de Sales Catholic School set to close Now these parents have submitted a plan they believe could keep St. Francis open for at least three more years.

TRAVERSE CITY — With sights set on the future, Traverse City St. Francis’ Class of 2025 valedictorian is aiming high and hoping to follow in his father’s footsteps.

MILWAUKEE — A former St. Francis High School baseball coach is accused of sexually assaulting a child close to his family. Prosecutors this week charged Jeffrey Wuerl, 39, with three counts of ...

A former St. Francis High School junior varsity baseball coach has been charged with multiple sex crimes against a child. Jeffrey Wuerl, 39, was charged June 4 in Milwaukee County Circuit Court ...

In response to rapidly growing demand for healthcare services, Roper St. Francis Berkeley Hospital is undergoing a major expansion that will double its size to 200,000 square feet and increase ...