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Sunday, December 22, 2024

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Festive season waste disposal reminder

RESIDENTS and visitors to the Gannawarra Shire are encouraged to dispose of their waste correctly over the Christmas and New Year period. Alternative arrangements will be in place for kerbside waste and recycling collection services scheduled for...

19 Dec 2024
News

Kerang Neighbourhood House disaster sessions recognised

FOR equipping and empowering residents across Gannawarra Shire with the tools for disaster management, Kerang Neighbourhood House has been nominated as a finalist in the 2024 Neighbourhood House Vic Awards for the Community Resilience category. The...

18 Dec 2024
News

VHM Limited Rare Earth and Mineral Sands Project gets nod

THE proposed VHM Limited Rare Earth and Mineral Sands Project at Goschen will progress to the federal government for approval, after the Victorian Minister for Planning completed her assessment on Tuesday. Minister Sonya Kilkenny released...

17 Dec 2024
Education

Brylie and Daniel our Dux

KERANG dux students Brylie Shepard and Daniel Veloso were both shocked when they were told the news on Thursday. The respective Kerang Christian College and Kerang Technical High School top achievers scored the highest Australian Tertiary Admission...

17 Dec 2024
Community

Combined church carols on song

THE festive spirit was shared in Kerang on Saturday at the combined church annual Carols by Candlelight. A crowd of about 400 people enjoyed picnics and sung from the same songbook as a light breeze made the warm evening bearable at Atkinson...

17 Dec 2024
News

Rotarians honoured for long service

FIFTY years’ involvement in one service organisation is no mean feat. Add to that an earlier decade serving the community in another club and you have remarkable contribution worthy of accolades. Similar periods of service by two members of the Rotary...

17 Dec 2024
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KDH celebrates seventy years of service

KERANG District Health is not just celebrating another successful 12 months - this vital community hub has just commemorated its 70th anniversary. And while many things have changed since its doors first opened for business back in 1949, one thing...

17 Dec 2024
News

Net gains for community groups

COMMUNITY groups across the Murray River Council area have been successful in the first round of the community grants program. The council approved the list of 14 recipients’ projects at last week’s ordinary meeting. More than $77,000 was...

15 Dec 2024
Community

Focus on learning droughts lessons

A SMALL army of the scientists and researchers who will help drive the agricultural future of the Mallee brought a focus on drought when they recently visited the region. The visit was part of the launch of the latest Mallee Regional...

14 Dec 2024
Community

Community transport needs coordination

MEMBERS of the Cohuna Community Bus Committee believe the town’s transportation needs are not being met. The committee runs their 20-year-old, 16-seater wheelchair accessible bus three days a week, meeting the medical, commercial and social needs of...

14 Dec 2024
Community

Future priorities

LEITCHVILLE Gunbower Football Netball Club has become the third local organisation to work with Sports Focus to help identify issues and determine future priorities. Sports Focus has previously worked with Cohuna Golf Bowls Club and Kerang Football...

14 Dec 2024
Health

Vaccine dates announced

GANNAWARRA Council has announced dates for access to vaccinations next year. Immunisation sessions will be held at Gannawarra Shire Children’s Centre, Kerang, on the first Wednesday of the month between February and December from 10.30am to noon...

13 Dec 2024
News

Drownings surge in two groups

THERE has been a “substantial” increase in young and multicultural Victorians drowning across the state in the past year, according to Life Saving Victoria. The organisation, in releasing the 2023-24 Life Saving Victoria Drowning Report, has...

12 Dec 2024
Farming and Environment

Water solutions workshopped

MURRAY region stakeholders have said they feel like concerns had been listened to by Murray-Darling Basin Plan decision makers at a recent workshop. The Murray Regional Strategy Group (MRSG) hosted senior representatives from the NSW Department of...

12 Dec 2024
News

Lighting up Christmas is worthy of awards

KERANG Neighbourhood House is encouraging the town to get creative for Christmas with three big prizes for the winners of this year’s Christmas lights competition. On Wednesday, December 18, staff from Kerang Neighbourhood House will be judging some...

10 Dec 2024
News

Walking against family violence

LAST Tuesday, around 200 people taking part in a walk against violence were greeted with a sea of orange flowers when they arrived at the Kerang Council Building. The 212 flowers representing an incident of family violence reported in Gannawarr...

10 Dec 2024
News

Creating better future for young

A RECENTLY launched document is providing Gannawarra Shire Council and various agencies a snapshot of the health and wellbeing of the municipality’s children and young people. The council and representatives from agencies who support children and...

10 Dec 2024