News
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Boost for harvest workforce accommodation at Boort
AS quick as Boort Lakes Holiday Park build new cabins they are rented out. Such is the demand for prime water frontage, as holidaymakers look…
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Council’s plan to stop rogue puppy farms
MURRAY River Council (MRC) has been forced to act to stop rogue puppy farmers migrating north to the border after “strict” laws were imposed in…
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Air quality monitor at hand
ENVIRONMENT Protection Authority (EPA) Victoria is approaching the bushfire season with its biggest ever network of air quality monitors yet. It will also provide twice…
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New mayor elected at Loddon Shire
LODDON Shire Council has elected Cr Dan Straub as its mayor the next 12 months. Cr Straub, who is the representative for Terrick Ward -…
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Murray trail on track
TENDERS have been opened for the planning of a Murray River Adventure Trail that will bring tourists, jobs and business to riverside communities across the…
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District remembers servicemen and women on Remembrance Day
KERANG and Cohuna residents will pause for one minute Thursday to mark the date when the guns of the Western Front fell silent after four…
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Visiting GP to Gannawarra Shire new president of rural doctor body
A VISITING general practitioner to Cohuna and Kerang has been named as the new president of the Rural Doctors Association of Australia (RDAA). Dr Megan…
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NSW roadmap out of restrictions brought forward
THE NSW Government has further ease rules for the vaccinated by bringing forward roadmap changes a month ahead of schedule. Premier Dominic Perrottet said bringing…
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Push for all of Loddon in Murray Plains electorate ruled out
THE Electoral Boundaries Commission (EBC) has ruled out making the Murray Plains state electorate substantially bigger by including all the Loddon Shire. The EBC released…
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Newest citizens feel a connection in Kerang
THE Mugambi family could not be further away from their home city of Nairobi in Kenya — in distance, weather and population — but they…
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Webster wants social media giants held to account
MEMBER for Mallee Anne Webster wants to make social media giants liable as publishers if they don’t remove allegedly defamatory material. Dr Webster introduced the…
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Rare growth in wetland after welcome flows
ECOLOGISTS have been greeted with hectares of rare aquatic plants growing over a once-degraded wetland at Reed Bed Swamp in the Guttrum State Forest. Swathes…












