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 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.
– A death certificate is also acceptable for this purpose, but only one of these two options is necessary.
– Please allow enough time for verification, especially during limited weekend hours.
**Guestbook and Outside Websites:**
– We are not allowed to reference other media sources with a guestbook or obituaries 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 your review prior to publication in the newspaper.
– This proof includes the price and the days the notice is scheduled to appear.
– Please review the proof carefully and notify us of any errors or changes before the notice appears, based on each day’s deadline.
– After publication, we are not responsible for errors that may occur after final proofing.
**Online:**
– Changes to an online obituary can be handled through the obituary desk. Please call us with further questions.
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**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 charge is $8.20 per line, starting with the first line.
– Each photo published is $125 per day.
– For example, if the first run date had 20 lines, the cost would be $164. Two photos published on two days (4 photo charges) would total $500.
**Deadlines:**
– Please follow deadline times to ensure your obituary is published on the requested day.
– Hours Deadline (no exceptions) Ad Photos
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### 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 information.
– Phone: 651-228-5280
– Hours: Monday to Friday, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM (Closed weekends and holidays)
– Email: [email protected]
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### The Louvre Museum Jewelry Heist: A Case of German Efficiency
By Stefanie Dazio, Berlin (AP)
Forget France: The Louvre Museum jewelry heist was a classic case of German efficiency.
Photos of a German-made freight lift used in a lightning-fast daylight heist at the Louvre have gone viral. Its manufacturer is now enjoying an unexpected endorsement.
Alexander Böcker, managing director and third-generation owner of Böcker Maschinenwerke GmbH, told The Associated Press that when he and his wife saw the images online, they were “shocked that our lift had been misused for this robbery.”
“Once the initial shock had subsided, black humour took over,” he wrote in an email to the AP.
Authorities say the thieves spent less than four minutes inside the Louvre on Sunday morning. They wheeled the freight lift up to the museum, rode the basket up the façade, forced open a window, smashed display cases, and grabbed priceless Napoleonic jewels before escaping on motorbikes through central Paris.
It didn’t take long for the Germans to seize the marketing opportunity. By Monday morning, Böcker’s company posted a social media message featuring a photo of the freight lift—typically used for furniture and construction materials—with a slogan in German that translates to “when something needs to be done quickly.”
The post also highlights the “Böcker Agilo’s” ability to transport up to 880 pounds of “your treasures” at a speed of 46 yards per minute. It moves “whisper quiet” thanks to its 230 Volt E-Motor, the post adds.
“We had hoped for a bit of attention and some good humour, but the feedback was overwhelming,” Böcker wrote Thursday. “I can understand that not everyone shares this sense of humour, but the vast majority laughed heartily.”
However, Böcker emphasized that the freight lift is not permitted to transport humans. “Crown jewels, yes. Thieves, no.”
Philipp Jenne in Vienna contributed to this report.
*Originally published October 24, 2025, at 11:08 AM CDT.*
https://www.twincities.com/2025/10/24/france-louvre-freight-lift/
