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For descriptions and details of upcoming classes and talks other than wellness programs, listed by scheduled date, click here. Most require preregistration and prepayment. Register for them by clicking on the title of the offering, by phoning 507.664.3700, or by coming in person to the Reception Desk at FiftyNorth. 

AARP Smart Driving 4-hour Course
Tuesday, August 19, 2025, 1:00pm to 5:00pm
Pre-registration required

This course is designed for the driver over age 50 to help discover how roads, cars, and you may have changed since you started driving. Learn eight driving strategies to make you a safer driver. Completion of this AARP Driver Safety course qualifies each student over age 55 (sometimes 50) a certificate redeemable for a discount on auto insurance premiums. Once you take this first-time course, you will then need to take a refresher course every 3 years to continue the discount. Please check with your insurance agent for age qualifications and renewal details. The cost of this class includes fees paid to AARP for the course.

Fees:

• $32 non-AARP Members,
• $27 AARP Members; AARP Members please register in person or by phone (you will need your AARP member number)
• $0 AARP United HealthCare Medicare supplemental plan Members (does NOT include Advantage plans); Those with an AARP United HealthCare Medicare supplemental plan must register in person (you will need to bring your insurance card to register, and to class)

CPR and First Aid
Tuesday, September 9, 2025, 9:00am to 12:00pm
Pre-registration required

Students will receive expert training in First Aid and Basic Life Support CPR (adult) including Automatic External Defibrillator (AED). This 3-hour class includes instruction, demonstrations and hands-on activities and culminates in the students earning an American Heart Card. It is appropriate training for Certified Nurse Assistants, healthcare workers, childcare workers, teachers, instructors, and volunteers. Many health care facilities require this training of their employees.

Instructor: Jon Bolster
Capacity:  10
Cost:  $72 non-member, $65 member, $0 platinum
Space: Room 105

Spanish II: Fall Trimester
17 Sessions, every Monday and Wednesday 
September 15 to November 18, 2025, 9:45am-10:45
     (No class on 10/13, 10/15, 10/20)
Pre-registration required
Registration deadline: September 8

If you are a new student, this course (which is a continuation of last year's Spanish course) is a good fit if you are familiar with some basic vocabulary and the present tense of regular verbs.  Students will be using the Realidades 1 Spanish text and will resume where last year's course left off in the spring: Unit 5A.  The fall trimester will focus on the present tense of stem-changing and irregular verbs, possessive adjectives, the differences between the verbs ser and estar, how to make comparisons and how to form commands. Vocabulary will focus on celebrations, how to order in a restaurant, rooms and items in a house and typical chores.

*Participants will need to order a copy of the Realidades 1 textbook prior to the class; participants can choose to have the instructor provide the textbook. The cost is $25, payable to Chris Kauffeld. Please specify at the time of registration if you want Chris to order a textbook. 

Instructor: Chris Kauffeld
Capacity: Minimum 8, Maximum 15
Cost: $150 nonmember, $130 member
Space: Room 106

AARP Smart Driving 4-hour Course
Thursday, September 18, 2025, 9:00am to 1:00pm
Pre-registration required

This course is designed for the driver over age 50 to help discover how roads, cars, and you may have changed since you started driving. Learn eight driving strategies to make you a safer driver. Completion of this AARP Driver Safety course qualifies each student over age 55 (sometimes 50) a certificate redeemable for a discount on auto insurance premiums. Once you take this first-time course, you will then need to take a refresher course every 3 years to continue the discount. Please check with your insurance agent for age qualifications and renewal details. The cost of this class includes fees paid to AARP for the course.

Fees:

• $32 non-AARP Members,
• $27 AARP Members; AARP Members please register in person or by phone (you will need your AARP member number)
• $0 AARP United HealthCare Medicare supplemental plan Members (does NOT include Advantage plans); Those with an AARP United HealthCare Medicare supplemental plan must register in person (you will need to bring your insurance card to register, and to class)

AARP Smart Driving 4-hour Course
Tuesday, October 14, 2025, 1:00pm to 5:00pm
Pre-registration required

This course is designed for the driver over age 50 to help discover how roads, cars, and you may have changed since you started driving. Learn eight driving strategies to make you a safer driver. Completion of this AARP Driver Safety course qualifies each student over age 55 (sometimes 50) a certificate redeemable for a discount on auto insurance premiums. Once you take this first-time course, you will then need to take a refresher course every 3 years to continue the discount. Please check with your insurance agent for age qualifications and renewal details. The cost of this class includes fees paid to AARP for the course.

Fees:

• $32 non-AARP Members,
• $27 AARP Members; AARP Members please register in person or by phone (you will need your AARP member number)
• $0 AARP United HealthCare Medicare supplemental plan Members (does NOT include Advantage plans); Those with an AARP United HealthCare Medicare supplemental plan must register in person (you will need to bring your insurance card to register, and to class)

Muus vs. Muus
Wednesday, October 22, 2025, 1:00pm to 2:00pm
Pre-registration required
Registration deadline: October 17

Muus vs. Muus: The Scandal that Shook Norwegian-America chronicles the dramatic marital conflict between Ms. Oline Muus and her husband, Bernt Julius Muus, founder of St. Olaf College, and the first pastor called to Holden Church in Goodhue County. It became a public media storm in both America and in Norway when Oline filed a lawsuit against her husband after she learned that her father’s estate had been settled years earlier and Pastor Muus had withheld her inheritance.

The legal battle that ensued sparked intense debate on both sides of the Atlantic. Muus vs. Muus is a unique study of religion, gender, and power in Norwegian-American immigrant communities. The book recounts the lengthy and dramatic church trials, where members of the congregation (a number of descendants are still members of Holden) openly discussed details of the couple’s private life, the civil proceedings, which were appealed all the way to the Minnesota State Supreme Court, and how the court of public opinion made the case into a news frenzy in both America and in Norway. Muus vs. Muus reads like an Ibsenesque drama on the prairie; an enigmatic love story, an exploration of social and religious conflicts, and a fascinating and rare portrait of a Norwegian-American milieu, at a time when Minnesota was still the frontier.

Torild Homstad is a translator and retired Norwegian teacher and administrator at the University of Oslo International Summer School. She will talk about Muus vs. Muus, and her work as co-translator from the original Norwegian edition.

Presenter: Torild Homstad
Capacity: 50
Cost: $10 Nonmember, $8 Member, $0 Platinum
Space: Room 103

CPR and First Aid
Tuesday, November 4, 2025, 9:00am to 12:00pm
Pre-registration required

Students will receive expert training in First Aid and Basic Life Support CPR (adult) including Automatic External Defibrillator (AED). This 3-hour class includes instruction, demonstrations and hands-on activities and culminates in the students earning an American Heart Card. It is appropriate training for Certified Nurse Assistants, healthcare workers, childcare workers, teachers, instructors, and volunteers. Many health care facilities require this training of their employees.

Instructor:  Jon Bolster
Capacity:  10
Cost:  $72 non-member, $65 member, $0 platinum
Space: room 104

AARP Smart Driving 4-hour Course
Thursday, November 13, 2025, 9:00am to 1:00pm
Pre-registration required

This course is designed for the driver over age 50 to help discover how roads, cars, and you may have changed since you started driving. Learn eight driving strategies to make you a safer driver. Completion of this AARP Driver Safety course qualifies each student over age 55 (sometimes 50) a certificate redeemable for a discount on auto insurance premiums. Once you take this first-time course, you will then need to take a refresher course every 3 years to continue the discount. Please check with your insurance agent for age qualifications and renewal details. The cost of this class includes fees paid to AARP for the course.

Fees:

• $32 non-AARP Members,
• $27 AARP Members; AARP Members please register in person or by phone (you will need your AARP member number)
• $0 AARP United HealthCare Medicare supplemental plan Members (does NOT include Advantage plans); Those with an AARP United HealthCare Medicare supplemental plan must register in person (you will need to bring your insurance card to register, and to class)

AARP Smart Driving 4-hour Course
Tuesday, December 2, 2025, 1:00pm to 5:00pm
Pre-registration required

This course is designed for the driver over age 50 to help discover how roads, cars, and you may have changed since you started driving. Learn eight driving strategies to make you a safer driver. Completion of this AARP Driver Safety course qualifies each student over age 55 (sometimes 50) a certificate redeemable for a discount on auto insurance premiums. Once you take this first-time course, you will then need to take a refresher course every 3 years to continue the discount. Please check with your insurance agent for age qualifications and renewal details. The cost of this class includes fees paid to AARP for the course.

Fees:

• $32 non-AARP Members,
• $27 AARP Members; AARP Members please register in person or by phone (you will need your AARP member number)
• $0 AARP United HealthCare Medicare supplemental plan Members (does NOT include Advantage plans); Those with an AARP United HealthCare Medicare supplemental plan must register in person (you will need to bring your insurance card to register, and to class)

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