Ashley Layne Erickson and Andrew Carl Yost announce their engagement.

Ashley is the daughter of Marcus and Tracy Erickson of Emmons.

Andrew is the son of Carl and Carmen Yost of Albert Lea.

Ashley is a 2006 graduate of Albert Lea High School and is attending Riverland Community College to receive her registered nursing degree. She is employed at the Albert Lea Medical Center as a certified nursing assistant.

Andrew is a 2004 graduate of Glenville-Emmons High School and a 2008 graduate of University of Wisconsin, River Falls, with a degree in agricultural economics with an emphasis in animal science. He is employed at Poet Biorefining in Glenville as a process control operator.

A wedding is planned for Sept. 18, 2010, at Sunny Hill Farm in Emmons with a dance to follow at the Yost family farm in Albert Lea.