To place an obituary, please include the information from the obituary checklist below in an email to obits@pioneerpress.com. There is no option to place them through our website. Feel free to contact our obituary desk at 651-228-5263 with any questions.
General Information:
Your full name,
Address (City, State, Zip Code),
Phone number,
And an alternate phone number (if any)
Obituary Specification:
Name of Deceased,
Obituary Text,
A photo in a JPEG or PDF file is preferable, TIF and other files are accepted, we will contact you if there are any issues with the photo.
Ad Run dates
There is a discount for running more than one day, but this must be scheduled on the first run date to apply.
If a photo is used, it must be used for both days for the discount to apply, contact us for more information.
Policies:
Verification of Death:
In order to publish obituaries a name and phone number of funeral home/cremation society is required. We must contact the funeral home/cremation society handling the arrangements during their business hours to verify the death. If the body of the deceased has been donated to the University of Minnesota Anatomy Bequest Program, or a similar program, their phone number is required for verification.
Please allow enough time to contact them especially during their limited weekend hours.
A death certificate is also acceptable for this purpose but only one of these two options are necessary.
Guestbook and Outside Websites:
We are not allowed to reference other media sources with a guestbook or an obituary placed elsewhere when placing an obituary in print and online. We may place a website for a funeral home or a family email for contact instead; contact us with any questions regarding this matter.
Obituary Process:
Once your submission is completed, we will fax or email a proof for review prior to publication in the newspaper. This proof includes price and days the notice is scheduled to appear.
Please review the proof carefully. We must be notified of errors or changes before the notice appears in the Pioneer Press based on each day’s deadlines.
After publication, we will not be responsible for errors that may occur after final proofing.
Online:
Changes to an online obituary can be handled through the obituary desk. Call us with further questions.
Payment Procedure:
Pre-payment is required for all obituary notices prior to publication by the deadline specified below in our deadline schedule. Please call 651-228-5263 with your payment information after you have received the proof and approved its contents.
Credit Card: Payment accepted by phone only due to PCI (Payment Card Industry) regulations
EFT: Check by phone. Please provide your routing number and account number.
Cash: Accepted at our FRONT COUNTER Monday – Friday from 8:00AM – 3:30PM
Rates:
The minimum charge is $162 for the first 10 lines.
Every line after the first 10 is $12.20.
If the ad is under 10 lines it will be charged the minimum rate of $162.
On a second run date, the lines are $8.20 per line, starting w/ the first line.
For example: if first run date was 20 lines the cost would be $164.
Each photo published is $125 per day.
For example: 2 photos in the paper on 2 days would be 4 photo charges at $500.
Deadlines:
Please follow deadline times to ensure your obituary is published on the day requested.
Hours
Deadline (no exceptions)
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MEMORIAM (NON-OBITUARY) REQUEST
Unlike an obituary, Memoriam submissions are remembrances of a loved one who has passed. The rates for a memoriam differ from obituaries.
Please call or email us for more memoriam information
Please call 651-228-5280 for more information.
HOURS: Monday – Friday 8:00AM – 5:00PM (CLOSED WEEKENDS and HOLIDAYS)
Please submit your memoriam ad to memoriams@pioneerpress.com or call 651-228-5280.
A decade-long $600 million renovation at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport is set to be completed this fall.
The goal was to reduce congestion, increase capacity and improve passenger flow in the pre-security area in Terminal 1, according to the Metropolitan Airports Commission.
Here’s what’s new:
Renovations in Terminal 1
The Terminal 1 pre-security area was expanded by 17,000 square feet and security screening was consolidated from six checkpoints to two, according to the airports commission.
Eleven larger baggage carousels were installed to accommodate the current and anticipated number of passengers.
The renovations also include additional seating and new restrooms equipped with accessibility features like adult changing tables.
The projects were funded through General Airport Revenue Bonds, passenger facility charges and the airports commission, according to Jeff Lea, the manager of strategic communications for the commission.
The renovations allow the airlines and the Transportation Security Administration to handle peak demand and perform efficiently, Lea said, as well as make more space for future increases in passenger numbers.
MSP is the 17th-busiest airport in the United States. The airports commission estimates that annual passenger numbers will increase from 37.2 million in 2025 to over 50 million by 2040.
Sixteen airlines operate at the airport and it’s the second-largest hub for Delta Air Lines. It also serves as the home base for Sun Country Airlines.
Future renovations
Delta Air Lines partnered with the airports commission on a $242 million project to renovate six concourses in Terminal 1. This project is expected to be completed by the end of the year.
There’s also a $305 million project to expand Concourse G by 157,000 square feet to increase gate-seating capacity, add the airport’s first sensory rooms and provide more restrooms and art display space. This project is expected to be completed by 2028.
Airport satisfaction
MSP ranks highest in passenger satisfaction among mega airports for a second consecutive year in the J.D. Power 2025 North America Airport Satisfaction Study. Mega airports are airports with 33 million or more passengers a year.
The study was based on 30,439 surveys completed by U.S. or Canadian residents who traveled through a North American airport between July 2024 and July 2025, according to J.D. Power.
The study measures overall passenger satisfaction across seven categories: ease of travel; level of trust; food, beverage and retail; terminal facilities; airport staff; departure experience; and arrival experience.
The airport ranked first, among mega airports, in all categories except ease of travel.