Total Credits: 7 including 3 WI Dwelling Contractor: General, 4 WI Dwelling Contractor: Legal/Business, 1 MN Residential Building Contractor: Energy, 4 MN Residential Building Contractor: Business Management, 2 MN Residential Building Contractor: Other Hours
Wednesday, February 25, 2026 - Northwood Technical College, Rice Lake, WI
Sign-in opens at 7:30am | Courses from 8:00am - 5:00pm
Lunch Provided
Park in the Northwood Tech Conference Center and Visitor Parking Lot - Enter through Entrance 4 (see campus map)
Arrow Building Center, Lampert Lumber, and Lyman Companies are pleased to sponsor in-person learning for continuing education for their customers. These courses are FREE and are approved for 7 credit hours of MN residential building contractor, remodeler, and roofer continuing education (includes approval for the energy and business management training requirement) by the Minnesota Department of Labor & Industry, and 7 credit hours of WI dwelling contractor qualifier continuing education by the Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services.
*If you have both MN and WI Contractor licenses, you can receive credits for BOTH states by attending the courses at Northwood Technical College in Rice Lake, WI
Each course is approved for:
Completion of all these courses fulfills the energy training and business management continuing education requirement for MN contractors.
Refer to each course for specific credit information.
If you are eligible to receive continuing education credits, your information will be electronically reported to the appropriate agency within 3 business days of course completion.
Credits will only be reported for courses completed in full.
In order to earn CE credit(s) for in-person courses, students must attend the entire course during the time span(s) listed. Credit(s) will not be issued for the following:
Students must sign-in/sign-out, and be prepared to show their driver’s license or other legal identification with their photo if requested.
Questions and comments related to the curriculum for these courses may be submitted to the instructor at education@housingfirstmn.org.
Since 1997, Alden has been trying cases before the state and federal courts in Minnesota and, more recently, Wisconsin.
Alden’s entire life has been immersed in the law. Alden grew up with his father being a prominent criminal prosecutor and later judge. While at the University of Alabama, Alden took a particular interest in applied economics. After graduating at the top of his class with special honors, Alden continued his interest by being accepted in a doctoral program in economics at the University of Iowa. Alden left that program to pursue his desire of becoming an attorney. Alden received a prestigious Dean’s Scholarship to attend William Mitchell College of Law and graduated with high honors.
A frequent lecturer on residential construction law, for many years Alden has been educating contractors with practical information focused on licensing compliance, customer and subcontractor relations and the use of legal leverage to resolve disputes. Alden’s down to earth presentation style is well received by his audience.
John Deering, Manage People for Success
Alden Pearson, Comparing MN and WI residential contracting
John Miller, Building Science/energy conservation
Mike Goldenstein, Building Trust Through Transparency,
Sean C. Stevens, Contractor Insurance, Contracts, and Compliance