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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 at this time. 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. Rates: The minimum charge is $162 for the first 12 lines. Every line after the first 12 is $12. If the ad is under 12 lines it will be charged the minimum rate of $162. Obituaries including more than 40 lines will receive a 7.5% discount per line. On a second run date, receive a 20% discount off both the first and second placement. Place three obituaries and the third placement will be free of charge. 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) Ad Photos 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. The Minnesota high school state football tournament brackets are set across all seven classes after 56 teams punched their tickets to the final eight over the last two days. State quarterfinals will be played at neutral sites this week, with the semifinals and finals across all classes taking place at U.S. Bank Stadium. State quarterfinals and semifinals can be streamed on the Neighborhood Sports Network, while the Prep Bowl championship games air on KSTC-Ch. 45. Here are the brackets, which can also be viewed in full at MSHSL.org. Semifinal matchups in every class but 6A won’t be determined until all quarterfinal outcomes are determined due to reseeding. Brackets will be updated with results here on a weekly basis. Class 6A State quarterfinals Centennial vs. Moorhead, 6 p.m. Thursday at Spring Lake Park High School Maple Grove vs. Lakeville South, 6 p.m. Friday at Eastview High School St. Michael-Albertville vs. Minnetonka, 7 p.m. Friday at Farmington High School Eden Prairie vs. Edina, 6 p.m. Friday at Osseo High School State semifinals Eden Prairie/Edina vs. STMA/Minnetonka, 7 p.m. on Nov. 13 Centennial/Moorhead vs. Lakeville South/Maple Grove, 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 14 State championship game 7 p.m. on Nov. 21 Class 5A State quarterfinals Elk River vs. Minneapolis Washburn, 1 p.m. Saturday at Forest Lake Area High School Alexandria vs. Spring Lake Park, 1 p.m. Saturday at Monticello High School St. Thomas Academy vs. Rochester Mayo, noon Saturday at Woodbury High School Cretin-Derham hall vs. Chanhassen, noon Saturday at Osseo High School State semifinals 2 p.m. on Nov. 14 7 p.m. on Nov. 15 State championship game 4 p.m. on Nov. 22 Class 4A State quarterfinals Grand Rapids vs. Benilde-St Margaret’s, 7 p.m. Thursday at Brainerd High School Fergus Falls vs. Orono, 6 p.m. Thursday at Alexandria Area High School Marshall vs. Totino-Grace, 6 p.m. Thursday at Blaine High School Hill-Murray vs. Kasson-Mantorville, 7 p.m. at Stillwater High School State semifinals 10:30 a.m. on Nov. 13 11:30 a.m. on Nov. 14 State championship game 1 p.m. on Nov. 22 Class 3A State quarterfinals Annandale vs. Litchfield, 7 p.m. Saturday at Rocori High School Pierz vs. Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton, 6 p.m., Friday at Alexandria Area High School Waseca vs. Holy Family,12 p.m. Saturday at Apple Valley High School Pine Island vs. Minneapolis North, 12 p.m. Saturday at Totino-Grace High School State semifinals 2 p.m. on Nov. 15 4:30 p.m. on Nov. 15 State championship game 1 p.m. on Nov. 22 Class 2A State quarterfinals Holdingford vs. Barnesville, 7 p.m. Friday at Brainerd High School Eden Valley-Watkins vs. Moose Lake/ Willow River, 7 p.m. Thursday at St. Cloud Apollo High School Jackson County Central vs. Caledonia, 7 p.m. Saturday at Orono High School Goodhue vs. Waterville-Elysian-Morristown, 6 p.m. Thursday at Hastings High School State semifinals 9 a.m. on Nov. 14 4:30 p.m. on Nov. 14 State championship game 4 p.m. on Nov. 21 Class A State quarterfinals Breckenridge vs. Barnum, 7 p.m. Friday at Morris Area School Mahnomen/Waubun vs. Upsala/Swanville, 7 p.m. Friday at Becker High School Minneota vs. Lester Prairie, 5:30 p.m. Friday at Jordan High School Fillmore Central vs. Murray County Central, 7 p.m. Friday at Rochester Mayo High School State semifinals 9 a.m. on Nov. 15 11:30 a.m. on Nov. 15 State championship game 10 a.m. on Nov. 21 9-Player State quarterfinals Kittson County Central vs. Cook County, 6 p.m. Thursday at Grand Rapids High School Fertile-Beltrami vs. Cromwell-Wright Area, 7 p.m. Thursday at Moorhead High School Hills-Beaver Creek vs. Red Rock Central, 7 p.m. Thursday at Southwest Minnesota State Hillcrest Lutheran vs. Mabel-Canton, 6 p.m. Thursday at Buffalo High School State semifinals 1 p.m. on Nov. 13 4 p.m. on Nov. 13 State championship game 10 a.m. on Nov. 22
