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Small businesses get chance to up their marketing game
KERANG and district businesses will soon get a chance to up their marketing game. Swan Hill will host free training opportunities to help local businesses,…
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Kerang farmer guilty over water theft
A KERANG man has been fined $2000 after pleading guilty to water theft charges. The 46-year-old appeared in Kerang Magistrates’ Court on June 17, charged…
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Kerang’s carrot cake triumph at Victorian Ag Society
LOCAL baker Catherine Rosewall has once more scored silver at the Victorian Agricultural Society carrot cake state final, held at Bendigo. This is the second…
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Uniting the Mallee together during pandemic
NEW Uniting church ministers Mark and Carol Boyce have noticed that people are feeling the effects of Covid – isolation, loneliness, mental health. Mark said…
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New Kerang Lions committee get a roaring start
JEFF ‘Jacko’ Jackson is the new Kerang Lions president, taking over from Graeme Hayes at the annual changeover dinner on July 8. The 2021-2022 committee…
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Pushing through ag visa as urgent priority
MEMBER for Mallee Anne Webster has allayed fears the long-awaited agricultural work visa may not be up and running by the end of this year,…
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No barley, no beer; no wheat, no bread
GRAIN growers across the Mallee are crying out for governments to let in overseas workers, as they face a second bumper season with no one…
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Border times are ‘traumatic’, says Victorian Senator
STATE lockdowns during the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in avoidable “traumatic and tragic” state border experiences that had yet to be resolved, according to The Nationals…
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Elusive Murray cod with $10,000 tag
LANDING a fish can be a struggle at the best of times, let alone trying to hook one with a golden tag attached. But, anyone…
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More to be done in the area of regional mental health
COUNTRY psychologist Dr Naomi Malone has helped hundreds of clients over her 20-year career, and one of them anonymously nominated her for the 2021 Victorian…
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Reviving missing links in Cohuna
COHUNA’S streetscape will be beautified after Gannawarra Council received $200,000 last week from the federal government. Council economic development manager Roger Griffiths said the funds…
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Minimal water savings for Kerang customers
LOWER Murray Water residential customers will save just $5 based on average water consumption following the Essential Services Commission’s (ESC) confirmation of water prices for…