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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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Essar drops plan with Iran; steel mill on Range is a go

The Indian company agreed to shelve plans for a refinery in Iran, meaning Minnesota's offer to help it build an Iron Range steel mill is forging ahead.

Updated: October 31, 2007, - 08:12 PM

Lake Superior called 'early victim of climate change'

The largest lake in the world is showing itself to be an extremely sensitive indicator of global warming, said scientists in Duluth, adding that the time to change is now.

Updated: October 30, 2007, - 08:57 PM

Pawlenty, Steger make bond to slow changes to climate

Explorer Will Steger and Gov. Pawlenty issue a call to action on Lake Superior's rising temperature and other issues.

Updated: October 29, 2007, - 10:30 PM

Pawlenty says his Steger trip will raise alarm on global climate

DULUTH -- Acknowledging that they might be "a bit of an odd couple," Gov. Tim Pawlenty this afternoon said he...

Updated: October 29, 2007, - 03:08 PM

Lake Superior struggles to remain free of pollutants

Lake Superior is recovering well from "legacy" pollutants such as DDT, but faces new threats from shoreline development that have harmed fish habitat and introduced new chemicals, scientists said this morning at a major conference.

Updated: October 29, 2007, - 12:16 PM

Inmate meals fattened up sheriff's pay

The breakfast service at the Hubbard County jail had captive customers and big profits before it ended, starting a legal ruckus.

Updated: October 28, 2007, - 11:36 PM

Agencies hired sex offender as informant

"Doc" slipped in and out of Warroad, buying drugs and guns while living outside the law himself.

Updated: October 15, 2007, - 05:02 PM

Oct. 27, 2006: Stranger breezed in, blew the whistle

In retrospect, say people in Warroad, Minn., it's not surprising that "Doc" the junk man was actually a professional snitch....

Updated: October 12, 2007, - 12:26 PM

Details emerge a day after shooter kills six in Wisconsin

As details emerged about the events before and after an off-duty sheriff's deputy fatally shot six people, residents of Crandon, Wis., said the past two days felt like a bad dream.

Updated: October 08, 2007, - 09:42 PM