Terry and Jana Fitzgerald of Le Mars and Ken and Karla Less of Merrill announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their children, Elizabeth Sue Fitzgerald and Mitchell Robert Less.

The couple is planning a July 8, 2006, wedding at 3 p.m. at St. John's Lutheran Church in Le Mars. A reception will follow at the Le Mars Convention Center.

Elizabeth is a 2002 graduate of Le Mars Community High School and a 2005 graduate of Avera McKennan School of Radiologic Technology. She is a rad tech at Hawarden Community Hospital and South Sioux City Mercy Medical Clinic.

Mitchell is a 2000 graduate of Akron-Westfield High School and is a farmer with Less Farms.