Helen L. Axsom, 91, of Momence, died Wednesday (March 17, 2010) at the Merkle-Knipprath Nursing Home.

Jeffery Lloyd Laird, 51, of Watseka, died Sunday (March 14, 2010) at his home.

• Iroquois County’s DUI Task Force, comprised of Watseka police, Iroquois County Sheriff’s police, and Illinois State Police, are working with the Iroquois County State’s Attorney’s Office on a “No refusal” DUI enforcement this weekend.

• You can have your cake and eat it too. The Recession Cafe by Deb Terrill teaches you how to eat well on a budget.

• Milford High School football coach Nate Albaugh has resigned his post at the school to accept the vacancy at Alton High School. Albaugh spent two years at Milford, revitalizing a struggling program in the process. Find out more in sports.

• The Bradley Public Library is moving back to its permanent location on Fulton Avenue in Bradley, starting next week. The library has been housed inside Northfield Square mall in Bradley since August, when renovations began at the 25-year-old facility.

• Anxious to start that garden? You are not alone. Read more in Deb Terrill’s gardening column in today’s Life Section.

• All things considered, Tuesday wound up being a pretty good day for the Kankakee Community College softball team.
Just 24 hours before the KCC Cavaliers’ doubleheader with Prairie State College, that wasn’t so clear.

Dorothy Mae “Grandma Cookies” “Dot” VanDyke, 84, of Wilmington, formerly of Joliet, died Sunday (March 14, 2010) at Silver Cross Hospital in Joliet.

Cheryl Lynn Wooldridge, 53, of Kankakee, died Saturday (March 13, 2010) at her home.

Joan Lee Estock, 62, of Grant Park, died Monday (March 15, 2010).

Robert Clayton, 70, of Manteno, died Saturday (March 13, 2010) at his home.

Dolores Joy Morrison, 80, of Momence, died Saturday (March 13, 2010) at Riverside Medical Center.

Tanner Joel Huckleby, 19, of Watseka, died Monday (March 15, 2010) at his home.