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.
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If a photo is used, it must be used for both days for the discount to apply, contact us for more information.
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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:
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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.
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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.
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Please submit your memoriam ad to memoriams@pioneerpress.com or call 651-228-5280.
Timberwolves coach Chris Finch is one of the more transparent coaches in the NBA, if not all pro sports. If you listen close enough, his plans become rather apparent.
On Monday, Finch effectively detailed the broad rotational decisions Minnesota will make given the current roster status when the regular season begins.
Asked how you keep players on a deep roster happy, Finch pointed to role acceptance before laying out his plans.
“We feel like we know we’re going to have an (eight-to-nine man) rotation, for sure,” Finch said. “Probably could push to 10. But whoever plays at nine and 10 might be different every night amongst a small group of guys.”
So the top eight looks to be locked in. Seven of those players are back from Minnesota’s top eight from a year ago. The only remaining spot belonged to Nickeil Alexander-Walker, who joined Atlanta via a sign-and-trade deal in the summer.
Asked about replacing Alexander-Walker within many of Minnesota’s best lineup combinations from a year ago, Finch pointed to Terrence Shannon Jr.
“We feel TJ can bring us a lot of things. We feel like he’ll drive winning, too.” Finch said. “What those lineup combinations work out to be exactly, we’re not 100% sure. I do love the fact you have Donte (DiVincenzo) and Naz (Reid), who are like two starter-caliber players that are in the unit, so they should drive winning. You put them in a lot of different combinations and they end up being net positive. So hopefully they’ll be able to carry some of these young guys when they’re playing alongside of them, and we feel confident they will.”
Everything is subject to change with weeks remaining in camp. One injury would throw a wrench in everything. Minnesota’s entire rotation was blown up on the eve of camp a year ago, when the team traded Karl-Anthony Towns to the Knicks.
But assuming the top eight consists of Anthony Edwards, Julius Randle, Rudy Gobert, Jaden McDaniels, Mike Conley, Reid, DiVincenzo and Shannon Jr., who emerged in the Western Conference Finals, that leaves what sounds like a small batch of potentially inconsistent minutes for everyone else to split.
One or two of Rob Dillingham, Jaylen Clark, Joan Beringer and possibly Bones Hyland could be competing for the remaining 15 to 20 available minutes a night depending on matchups or who’s playing well.
Those uncertain roles aren’t easy to excel in, particularly for young players, but they’re often the reality for guys on top-tier teams.
“So they gotta be ready,” Finch said. “They gotta stay sane and stay focused on what the main task is. That is trying to advance this team and win.”