Gannawarra Times

Shire feels funding pinch

GANNAWARRA Shire says it’s battling hard for every extra dollar from state and federal funding. At a meeting last week with Member for Murray Plains Peter Walsh, the shire explained how a 50 per cent cut in available federal funding for regional and...

9 hours ago

News

Road resealing to begin

GANNAWARRA Council will soon begin road resealing works across the municipality. As part of the council’s annual capital program, works will focus specifically on rural roads near Cohuna, Lalbert, Leitchville, Koondrook, Murrabit and Quambatook...

10 hours ago

Community

Visionary Vince legacy

DESCRIBED by many as the “mayor of Murrabit”, the late Vince Maher has been given a lasting honour. The near 60-year contribution of the four-time Murrabit football premiership player was celebrated on March 21 with the recreation reserve re-named...

25 Apr 2025

News

Driver Reviver a welcome stop for travellers

KERANG Lions and SES have been providing potentially lifesaving respites for long haul drivers passing through town for the past 40 years. And were back at it in the run up to the Easter break - and will be back this week for the Anzac Day long...

25 Apr 2025

News

Works begin on road

Works begin on road WORK to rejuvenate a 1.2-kilometre section of Pipers Road, Leitchville, will begin next Monday. Improvements will occur along a section of the road between the Murray Valley Highway and south of Keely Station Road. The works are...

25 Apr 2025

News

Fashion winner from Finland - 20 years apart

KERANG Turf Club’s Fashions on the Field has gone international - for just the second time in 20 years. And it has gone to the same winner both times. In 2005 the Miss Classy You category went to 17-year-old Finnish schoolgirl Emilia Jansson - who...

24 Apr 2025

Video

Videos

Blue Ribbon Day: Honoring Our Heroes and Building a Safer Tomorrow

Blue Ribbon Day is 29 September, which coincides with National Police Remembrance Day. Blue Ribbon Day is a chance for the community to say thank you to those who protect and serve our community and ensure that those who have fallen are never...

28 Sep 2023

Videos

Entertainment at the Cohuna Farmers and Makers Market

Koondrook-based singer-songwriter Elise Drake joined an array of farmers and makers at the June edition of the Cohuna Farmers and Makers Market on Sunday. See more in tomorrow’s Gannawarra Times

26 Jun 2023

Farming and Environment

Abattoir a business boost for emu farm

JEFF Long’s $2.5 million investment in a processing facility is about to start paying dividends at his Tragowel emu property. The delayed completion of the facility has had a knock-on effect on this year’s production schedule, which is...

16 Feb 2023

Fundraising record for Good Friday Appeal

GENEROUS Mallee residents and visitors have dug deep to raise tens of thousands of dollars for sick children at The Royal Children’s Hospital. The region’s fundraising helped the Good Friday Appeal smash a record $23,822,792. The regional Victori...

24 Apr 2025

News

New bridge completed

New bridge completed A BRIDGE near Cohuna has been replaced with a concrete structure. The Kervins Road bridge opened to traffic last week. The new bridge also removes limits on vehicles that weigh more than 30 tonnes travelling along Kervins Road...

24 Apr 2025

Sport

AFLW umpire to host workshop

ASPIRING umpires can take part in an AFL Women and Girls Umpire Experience Hub workshop run by a Kerang local at the end of the month. AFL women and girls experience officer Sarah Pryer said the workshop has been well received in other regional...

24 Apr 2025

News

Farmers frustrated over mining license

FARMERS are disappointed in the Victorian State Government’s decision to grant VHM a 20-year mining licence for the Goschen Rare Earths and Mineral Sands Project on Friday. Mine Free Mallee Farms (MFMF) secretary Craige Kennedy said the...

23 Apr 2025

Sport

Football

Big day out for Dees

ANZAC Day football will return to the Central Murray with reigning premiers Nyah-Nyah West United set to play under lights as part of the communities Heritage Weekend celebrations. The Demons will host arch-rivals Woorinen in a match that will not...

25 Apr 2025

Football

Ready to Raid Eagles nest

AFTER two straight wins under new coach Marcus Demaria, Koondrook-Barham will face their toughest test yet when they face-off against the Mallee Eagles tomorrow - a team considered by many to be the one to beat this season. Having shocked the...

25 Apr 2025

Football

Bombers have strength

ULTIMA will be aiming to unveil their premiership flag in style when the Golden Rivers Football season gets underway Saturday afternoon, with the Roos set to host Wandella in a re-match of last year’s preliminary final. It will be a vastly...

25 Apr 2025

Football

Must-win clash for Demons, Tigers

Central Murray Round 3 Football Previews. NNW United v Woorinen, Tyntynder v Cohuna, Kerang v Swan Hill, Lake Boga v Tooleybuc-Manangatang. REIGNING premiers Nyah-Nyah West United will be under pressure to bounce back from last round’s loss to Koondrook-Barham when they host arch-rivals Woorinen under lights tonight.

25 Apr 2025

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