A Hobart engineering firm will design and oversee construction of two restroom facilities at Chute Pond County Park and Campground. A proposal from Robert E. Lee & Associates was approved Thursday by the Oconto County Board.

Oconto County has issued almost $100,000 in emergency aid this winter to residents struggling to heat their homes, and according to one county official, another crisis is looming. The first requests for crisis assistance came on Jan. 15, and in less than a month, the Health and Human Services Department received 840 calls requesting crisis funding, according to Penny Helmle, economic support division manager for Oconto County. Between Jan.

A Madison company has been selected to oversee the acquisition of 14 properties in the neighborhood of a proposed law enforcement center. The Oconto County Board on Thursday approved a contract with SRF Consulting Group for not more than $170,065.

The Gillett School District is on the brink of implementing the training process needed to promote improvements in educator practices.

Patrick Caine, Lynn Bauer, Mary Noll, Richard Gilles and Robert Jahnke have been elected to the Oconto-Marinette Farm Service Agency county committee. Caine will represent Niagara, Pembine, Beecher, Amberg, Wausaukee, Dunbar and Goodman. Bauer will represent Athelstane, Silver Cliff, Lakewood, Townsend, Doty, Riverview, Mountain, Stephenson, Middle Inlet and Wagner. Noll will represent Lake, Beaver, Brazeau, Bagley, Pound, Maple Valley, Spruce, B

The Lena Village Board on Feb. 17 began pursuing $3.4 million in financing needed for a project to reduce radium in the village’s water system. The village closed Well No. 1 last year under an agreement with the Department of Natural Resources, which found the well’s output exceeded U.S. Environmental Protection Agency standards for radium. The village has been using Well No. 2 since closing No.

BMO Harris Bank will close its Gillett branch on March 1, but the building may quickly find a new purpose. According to Gillett Mayor Irene Drake, the city hopes to partner with the Gillett Public Library to purchase the building to use as a community activity and learning center.

Florence Drella, 93, formerly of Krakow, died peacefully in her sleep Thursday morning, Feb. 20, 2014, at a Green Bay hospital, four days shy of her 94th birthday. The daughter of John and Veronica (Drewiske) Maternoski was born Feb. 24, 1920, in the town of Glenmore. The family moved to the town of Chase when Florence was a child. On June 28, 1941, she married Raymond P. Drella at St. Joseph Church in Chase.

Martha C. Delzer, Oconto Falls, 86, died Wednesday morning, Feb. 19, 2014, at Sharpe Care. She was born Oct. 28, 1927, in Oconto Falls to Jacob and Marie (Selke) Reinert. Martha attended Oconto Falls Public Schools, where she graduated high school with the Class of 1946. On June 9, 1951, she married Alton “Bill” Delzer at Grace Lutheran Church in Oconto Falls.