ANDUSKY, Ohio – Announcement has been made of the engagement of Erin Kurtz and James Arnold Sr., both of Sandusky, Ohio.

She is the daughter of Phil and Robin Kurtz of Chino Hills, Calif. He is the son of Michael and Mary Arnold of Toledo, Ohio, and Naomi Arnold of Sandusky, Ohio.

The bride-to-be is a 1999 graduate of Woodstock High School, a 2003 graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a Bachelor of Arts in anthropology and a 2007 graduate of Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences. She has completed a residency for emergency medicine at St. John Medical Center in Westlake, Ohio, and is employed by North Central Emergency Associates.