To place an obituary, please include the information from the obituary checklist below in an email to [email protected]. There is no option to place obituaries 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
– 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:** To publish obituaries, a name and phone number of the funeral home or cremation society handling the arrangements is required. We must contact them 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. Only one of these two verification options is 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. Instead, we may place a website for a funeral home or a family email for contact. Contact us with any questions regarding this matter.
**Obituary Process:**
– Once your submission is completed, we will fax or email a proof for your review prior to publication in the newspaper. This proof includes price and the 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 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 through Friday from 8:00 AM to 3:30 PM.
**Rates:**
– The minimum charge is $162 for the first 10 lines.
– Every line after the first 10 is $12.20 per line. 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 with the first line.
– For example, if the 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 totaling $500.
**Deadlines:**
– Please follow deadline times to ensure your obituary is published on the day requested.
– Hours Deadline (no exceptions) for ad photos
**Memoriam (Non-Obituary) Request:**
Unlike an obituary, memoriam submissions are remembrances of a loved one who has passed away. The rates for a memoriam differ from obituaries.
Please call or email us for more memoriam information.
– Phone: 651-228-5280
– Hours: Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM (Closed weekends and holidays)
– Submit memoriam ads to: [email protected]
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**Note on the Recent Crash Coverage:**
Coverage of the crash may be misleading. “Unfortunately, without all the information being known, the preliminary details being disseminated in some media coverage may lead one to assume otherwise,” said Oxton.
The driver of the bus, Phillip Alan Wright, 65, of Apple Valley, wore a seat belt and suffered minor injuries, according to the State Patrol.
Ebert has been an officer with the St. Cloud Police Department since 2006, according to state licensing records. He worked as an investigator and a patrol officer, Oxton said.
“Our department is devastated by this news,” the chief said. “For all of us devastated by this tragic accident, it is important that the cause of the accident not be judged prematurely, before the final State Patrol investigation is complete and all the information is known and available.”
https://www.twincities.com/2025/10/17/off-duty-st-cloud-officer-gravely-injured-in-apple-valley-bus-collision/
