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Peter Bannan

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...

11 hours ago

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...

11 hours ago

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...

11 hours ago

Bowls

World bowls in Barham

DOZENS of international bowlers and their entourages will roll into Barham over the next two years after the NSW border town secured the World Bowls Championships. cluBarham was successful in the competitive tender for the prestigious event in...

11 hours ago

News

Have your say on council plan

RESIDENTS are being asked to help shape the next version of Gannawarra Council’s plan and community vision. The council will work with residents over the next two months to develop what will become the 2025-2029 Gannawarra Shire Council Plan, which...

12 hours ago

News

Summer fire risk elevated

A LACK of rainfall across western Victoria has fire authorities on high alert, warning landholders to prepare for increased fire activity in summer. Australian Fire Authorities Council last week released the Australian Seasonal Bushfire Outlook for...

16 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

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

News

Warning on haystack fires

ONE of Victoria’s senior firefighters has issued a warning for awareness on haystack fires following recent late-spring rains. CFA response numbers showed 66 per cent of the agency’s callouts to that type of job occurred in the west and...

11 Dec 2024

News

Trail won’t go the distance

GANNAWARRA Council will be forced to shorten the Kerang to Koondrook Rail Trail after environmental constraints impacted the project’s initial concept designs. The council used $500,000 provided by the State Government’s Regional Development...

10 Dec 2024