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Larry Oakes

Reporter | Upper Midwest Region

Phone: 612-673-1751

Larry Oakes has been a journalist since 1982 and has worked at the Star Tribune since 1985. For 21 years, he staffed the Star Tribune’s Northern Minnesota Bureau in Duluth. Oakes also served a two-year editing stint as Minneapolis Team Leader.
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Day 4: Ballot-counters press on, find glitches

Most counties took a recount breather Saturday, but some kept going.

Updated: November 22, 2008, - 09:47 PM

Recounts for two farflung precincts couldn't have gone faster

You might call them "ballots from the boonies."

Updated: November 20, 2008, - 02:30 PM

St. Louis County: Franken gains

Old optical machines, used in 18 of St. Louis County's precincts, had trouble with thin lines connecting arrows.

Updated: November 20, 2008, - 08:37 AM

Ex-House Speaker Irv Anderson dies

He ruled with an iron fist, got things done and sometimes made enemies in his tenure.

Updated: November 17, 2008, - 09:55 PM

D.C. man: I didn't start Ham Lake fire

A camper in the BWCA pleaded not guilty to starting the largest forest fire in Minnesota since 1918. The charges say he didn't properly extinguish his campfire.

Updated: November 06, 2008, - 11:05 PM

Big guns make pleas for Coleman, Franken

Two former presidential contenders, Hillary Rodham Clinton and Rudy Giuliani, exhorted supporters to get to the polls today.

Updated: November 03, 2008, - 11:38 PM

Challengers say sights are set on long shots worth taking outstate

Democrats Collin Peterson and James Oberstar are fixtures in Minnesota's congressional delegation, each holding an influential leadership position on a committee of significance for his district. In this year's election

Updated: October 26, 2008, - 08:27 PM