William and Shirley Ruhland of Hinton announce the engagement of their daughter, Erica K. Ruhland, to William J. Smith. He is the son of Richard and Carol Smith of Dubuque.

The couple will be married on June 25, 2005, at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Le Mars.

Erica graduated from Iowa State University in 2002 and is a business analyst in shoes for Target Corporation in Minneapolis, Minn.

William graduated from Iowa State University in 2002 and is currently working as a field engineer for Edward Kraemer & Sons, Inc., in Burnsville, Minn.