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“We built the levee above the one-in-100-year level, but this was much bigger than that. Our buildings are up higher as per the code, but…

GANNAWARRA had its wettest October on record. The Kerang weather station was inundated, with 149.2mm recorded. The soggy month eclipsed the previous top mark for…

THE higher the water rose, the more Tuesday Browell had to navigate tables and chairs to keep possession high and dry. “It was three stages…

What we know from the 2011 floods – Kerang was isolated for about 6 days – There were 301 (1100km) individual roads to be repaired…

SIGHTSEERS have been urged to stay away as vehicles driving through floodwater continue to distress flood victims. Koroop resident Suesan Kearns, who lives on Koroop…

KERANG District Health enters its fifth week in code brown emergency response mode. KDH chief executive Kellie Byron-Gray said rostering had been one of the…

THE clean-up and recovery – mentally and physically – from the flood crisis will be lengthy and methodical – and “will vary for each individual”.…

EMERGENCY services are “quietly confident” that floodwater in rivers are steady and falling away, but in some areas the wait might be prolonged due to…

SOME customers in Cohuna have been warned to boil their drinking water until further notice. Coliban Water stopped providing water to some ‘supply by agreement’…

EARLY voting has begun in the state election, with telephone voting also available for flood-affected communities. Seven candidates threw their hat into the ring for…

THE Cohuna and Kerang swimming pools will open for the 2022-23 swimming pool season three days later than planned due to forecast cooler conditions. Initially…

“FAITHFULNESS” is the key to a long and successful marriage, according to lifelong Kerang residents Betty and Ron Peck. Earlier this month, Mrs Peck and…