Crosslake Chautauqua program will emphasize AlaskaCROSSLAKE - Photographer John Nielsen will present the program, "Alaska: Maximum Adventure at Minimum Cost," at the 1:30-3:30 p.m. Aug. 10 Crosslake Chautauqua Program at the Crosslake Community Center.

'Lot o' Shakespeare' Thursday at CLC Tim Mooney will performs his one-man William Shakespeare show, "Lot o' Shakespeare," at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in the Dryden Theatre at Central Lakes College in Brainerd.

SEATTLE - In 1927, Charles Lindbergh's solo New York-to-Paris flight in the Spirit of St. Louis made him an instant hero and international celebrity.

LITTLE FALLS - Charles Lindbergh's hometown is pulling out all the stops next week to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the famous aviator's history-making transatlantic flight.

LITTLE FALLS (AP) - When the Minnesota Historical Society built the Lindbergh Historical Site nearly 30 years ago, it tried to honor a request by pioneering aviator Charles A. Lindbergh that he not be the focus of the exhibit.

The Experimental Aircraft Association's replica of the Spirit of St. Louis flew over Little Falls on Friday in preparation for Saturday's 75th anniversary celebration of Charles Lindbergh's return to Little Falls after his transatlantic flight.

LITTLE FALLS - The experience had everything but a white silk scarf flying in the breeze.

LITTLE FALLS - Children paused on Little Falls city streets, straddling bikes on a warm summer day and shielding their eyes in the sun as they watched the five planes circle overhead.

ONAMIA - Mille Lacs Band member Joycelyn Shingobe has been appointed the commissioner of education for the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe Indians.

LITTLE FALLS - Celebrate Charles A. Lindbergh's 101st birthday with a film screening of "The Spirit of St. Louis" at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Lindbergh House in Little Falls.