Holly Larsen, daughter of Glenn and Renee Larsen of Pine City, and Benjamin Hilty, son of Chester and Mary Hilty of Dixon, Ill., announce their engagement. Holly graduated from Pine City High School in 1996, attended Bethel University and received a BA in cultural studies in 1999. In 2006, she received an MA in applied linguistics from Biola University in California. Holly lived and worked in South Asia for three years as a linguist. She is currently the Supervisor of Interpreter Services for Children’s Hospitals in St. Paul and Minneapolis. Benjamin graduated from Dixon High School in 1996 and attended Wheaton College in Illinois where he graduated in 2000 with a BA in English literature. For the past eight years he worked for a manufacturing company in Rock Falls, Ill. He is currently employed at 3M in St. Paul. Holly and Benjamin are planning a July 19 wedding at Our Redeemer Lutheran Church in Pine City.