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Looking back at the month of July

Gannawarra Times

4 July

Mentors get young on right road

A COMMUNITY organisation will be the new driver of a popular mentoring program for young people in Gannawarra Shire.

Murray Mallee Local Learning and Employment Network took over management of the driving program on July 1.

https://www.gannawarratimes.com.au/news/mentors-get-young-on-right-road

Fine after dive escape

A DIVING company that specialises in underwater tank inspections and repairs has been convicted and fined for incident in Kerang, in which a diver was left trapped and alone in an irrigation culvert.

https://www.gannawarratimes.com.au/news/fine-after-dive-escape

11 July

Monoxide Death

AN elderly woman made the fatal decision to use an outdoor gas appliance inside a campervan in Cohuna, causing carbon monoxide poisoning, a Victorian coroner has confirmed.

https://www.gannawarratimes.com.au/news/monoxide-death

Recognising history

Delayed a week due to poor weather, a welcome to NAIDOC Week and smoking ceremony finally went ahead.

The weather was still overcast and cold, but this time the ceremony was able to take place at Mallee District Aboriginal Services in Kerang’s Nolan Street.

https://www.gannawarratimes.com.au/community/recognising-history

18 July

Victoria Street parking spaces reopen

THE first segment of improvements to parking and streetscaping in the Kerang CBD is complete.

https://www.gannawarratimes.com.au/news/victoria-street-parking-spaces-reopen

Levees pose ‘serious risk’, says MP

INACTION on repairing breached strategic levee banks in the northern part of the Gannawarra municipality is leaving the risk of flooding wide open, according to MP Gaelle Broad.

https://www.gannawarratimes.com.au/news/levees-pose-serious-risk-says-mp

25 July

New moves in case – author

A BRIEF of evidence against a suspect in the suspected murder of Krystal Fraser in Leitchville in 2009 has been submitted to the Office of Public Prosecutions.

https://www.gannawarratimes.com.au/news/new-moves-in-case-author

‘Extinct’ Mallee plant rediscovered after flood

A PLANT previously thought to be extinct in Victoria has been rediscovered in the Mallee following last year’s flooding.

https://www.gannawarratimes.com.au/farming/extinct-mallee-plant-rediscovered-after-flood-1

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