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Edmund Coleman

A life of service to community

KEITH Clough joined the Lake Charm Fire Brigade when he was 18 years old and began fighting fires with just a hand-pumped knapsack. The 78-year-old was on the frontline in the Macedon Ranges for the devastating 1983 Ash Wednesday bushfires, and in...

2 hours ago

Community

Trash and Treasure closed for maintenance work

COHUNA’S Trash and Treasure Op-Shop will be closed for the next few weeks as the building undergoes re-stumping and maintenance work. Cohuna and District Historical Society secretary treasurer and archivist Jeanette Kline said the works will be...

3 hours ago

News

How essential is this bus?

THE future of the Cohuna Community Bus is uncertain, with the committee wishing for feedback from residents of the Cohuna and Leitchville districts as to how essential the service is. At the Cohuna Community Bus Committee’s (CCBC) meeting in late...

3 hours ago

Farming and Environment

Giving the little guys a go

A FEW kilometres south of Kerang, a new wetland is already teeming with life. Less than a month ago, around 135 megalitres of water was pumped into two ephemeral flood runners that stretch across roughly one kilometre on Dale Trevorrow’s farm. Mr...

20 May 2025

Community

Restoring community history

THE Kerang Historical Society has been awarded a $31,188 State Government grant to house the Ford Railmotor which ran on the Kerang-Koondrook tramway from 1943 to 1958. After 1958, the historic tram spent 65 years on a farm near Elmore before being...

20 May 2025

Community

Big score for Leitchville

LEITCHVILLE Community Sporting Complex has received a $50,000 dollar State Government grant to install an electronic scoreboard at their recreation reserve. The current manual scoreboard is believed to have been originally built in the 1970s, and...

20 May 2025

News

Mitiamo workplace death

WORKSAFE are investigating the death of a 68-year-old Quarry operator who died after being crushed under the back wheels of a prime mover at a Mitiamo property last week. It is believed the sole trader was working underneath the truck attached to...

19 May 2025

News

A town with no pub

FOR months, the doors of the Quambatook Hotel have been closed, and residents say it is taking a toll on the soul of the town. Trevor Roberts has lived in the small town of just over 200 people for seven years and managed the pub under previous...

14 May 2025

Health

Connecting Loddon Mallee healthcare

BESPOKE regional healthcare program Connecting the Docs is entering its next phase of growth and consolidation after receiving seed funding from the Victorian Department of Health. Established in September 2023 the initiative comprises seven...

13 May 2025

Politics

Ley in the fray

MEMBER for Farrer, Sussan Ley, will contest for the Liberal Party leadership. Late last week, Ms Ley released a statement announcing her candidacy in the wake of a devastating election loss for the Coalition which saw former leader Peter...

13 May 2025

News

Globe-trotter Potter

AFTER 10 years of running marathons across the globe, Catherine Potter has joined an elite club of worldly athletes. Crossing the line at the Boston Marathon in April this year, the Kerang based runner was awarded the Abbott World Majors Six Star...

06 May 2025

News

Cross-stitch mastery celebrated

KERANG’S Catherine Rosewall will be taking her cross-stitch to the state finals at the Royal Melbourne Show in September, after winning first place in the Northern District Agricultural Show (NDAS). The 54-year-old has been entering agricultural...

05 May 2025