Dale and Crystal Hovland, of Eagle Grove, are the parents of a daughter, Emily Jayne Hovland, born Oct. 16, 2011, at Van Diest Medical Center. She weighed 5 lbs., 8 oz.
She has two siblings, Daniel, 2, and Jessica, 1.
Grandparents are Michael and Heidi Hollander, Webster City, and Dennis and Mary Hovland, Thor.
Great-grandparents are Ron and Anna Mae Ferguson, Arleen Vanderyacht, Lynden, Wash.; Ed Hollander, BC Canada; and Evelynn Hovland, Humboldt.