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Michelle Brady

Cohuna keen to give preps a flying start

COHUNA Consolidated School is giving their 2026 prep students every opportunity to shine, well before the school year officially starts. It’s all part of the school’s new Flying Start initiative, designed to make the transition to school as...

19 Mar 2025

News

Alpine course students honour volunteers

BOORT’S volunteering community has been recognised with a special morning tea. The event honoured the valuable role volunteers play within the community, and was an opportunity for them to come together and enjoy a social gathering. A group of Year...

02 Dec 2024

News

Berriwillock Rodeo in the chute

THE Berriwillock rodeo is set to make a comeback in March next year, after a 35 year hiatus. Community members have thrown their support behind the event in a bid to reinvigorate the town, provide a family-fun event for the wider Mallee...

06 Nov 2024

News

Rain slows hay baling

FARMERS across the region have described last week’s rain as “a little bit more than ideal”, with falls of up to 98mm recorded around the region just weeks out from the start of harvest. Quambatook farmer Brett Hosking said this...

22 Oct 2024

Farming and Environment

Concern over windfarm

NORMANVILLE residents say they’ve been blindsided by a proposed renewable energy project which could see the installation of wind turbines in close proximity to their homes. WestWind Energy is finalising the...

17 Sep 2024

Farming and Environment

Westwind community liaison

WESTWIND Energy has appointed a community liaison for its proposed Normanville Energy Park development. WestWind chief development officer Marla Brauer said Normanville Energy Park would play a pivotal role in addressing the urgent need to reduce...

17 Sep 2024

Business

Local gift cards give many times over

BUY local and support small business – that’s the message from Kerang Traders in the lead-up to Father’s Day. It’s been almost a decade since Kerang Traders was launched, and in that time the concept has gone from strength to strength. With...

23 Aug 2024

Business

Leading way for family and community

OWNING Kerang’s Autopro store for more than two decades has been a labour of love for Bruce Wright. It was the start of the new financial year in 2002 when Mr Wright and his family took over the reins of the business. The move was bitter sweet for...

23 Aug 2024

News

$400m battery project starts

CONSTRUCTION of a $400 million battery energy storage system near Kerang is underway as part of the State Government’s commitment to establishing a renewable energy zone in the Murray River region. The dual purpose system system will have the...

01 Feb 2024

Farming and Environment

Farmers watch a slow-moving crisis

MACORNA farmer Andrew Van der Drift has been monitoring the flood situation closely and moving livestock to higher ground following news that Goulburn-Murray Water was set to increase its daily flows from Ghow (Kow) Swamp to Box...

18 Jan 2024

Farming and Environment

Flooded farmers say they’ve been forgotten

TWO Capels Crossing property owners are calling on water authorities to do more to protect farms from floodwaters. Rhonda Edwards and her husband Tim’s property was isolated for six weeks at the height of the 2022 floods, losing 140...

16 Jan 2024

Education

Students making a difference

THE future of the region is in great hands, demonstrated by the Buloke, Loddon and Gannawarra Youth Awards in Boort late last month. The awards, now in their second year, aim to highlight and acknowledge outstanding youth within the three...

14 Dec 2023