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Finery of debutante ball
FOOTY boots were replaced with dancing shoes as Kerang Football Netball Club held its annual debutante ball across two weekends. Nine debutantes and their partners…
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Gunbower Cup’s triumphant return
IT was overcast, it was blustery, there was even the occasional spit of rain – but who cared? After being abandoned in the previous four…
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Energy information tour
GANNAWARRA residents wanting to learn about proposed and completed energy infrastructure in the shire are encouraged to join the council and various agencies for a…
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Murray Sound donations
THREE Cohuna community groups have received a slice each of $6000 from the brains behind Cohuna’s popular creekside living estate, Murray Sound. Cohuna District Hospital,…
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Opposition announces energy policy
THE Opposition says it will “make a stand to put locals first in the transition to renewables”. Victorian Nationals leader Peter Walsh said “for too…
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Events trifecta ahead for Charlton
MEMBERS of the Charlton Lions Club Swap Meet committee are promising another great swap meet on October 13 at Charlton Park. Starting at 8am, members…
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Flow trifecta to have fish champing at the bit
A SPRING carnival of a different kind is set to take off in the Loddon River system this month. While punters look to find the…
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Pappin elected unopposed
MELLOOL semi-retired farmer Gary Pappin breezed his way onto Murray River Council but he expects the job to be anything but amongst fresh faces. The…
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Shire voting under way
VOTING in the local council elections has begun, with ballot packs mailed to all eligible voters from Monday. Completed ballot material must be in the…
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Rally is sizzling
THE tantalising aroma of sizzling sausages filled the air in Kerang on Friday, all in the name of raising vital funds for cancer research. The…
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Day for women’s health knowledge
KERANG resident Rachel Barnes lost her two children Hope and Benji to stillbirth. “I lost my daughter Hope last year in May and my son…
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Springing towards rain
IT was a warmer and drier than average September in the Gannawarra, but rainfall is likely to be above average for the region and most…