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  • Float for Langy raises more than $5000

    Float for Langy raises more than $5000

    DESPITE the absence of their traditional Australia Day lilo race, locals still hurled themselves into the Murray River to support Koondrook’s James Lang after his…

  • Walsh hunts for opening date

    Walsh hunts for opening date

    THE Liberal-Nationals are calling for a full duck hunting season to be declared by the State Government. That would see shooting open on the third…

  • Arson suspected in public housing blaze

    Arson suspected in public housing blaze

    POLICE suspect a fire that gutted a public housing unit and damaged two others in Kerang last Wednesday was deliberately lit. Senior Constable Steve Ablett, from…

  • Pride in the park

    Pride in the park

    COHUNA citizens turned out in healthy numbers to enjoy the town’s annual Australia Day breakfast, with local community leader and former Gannawarra shire mayor Max…

  • Webster admits ‘anxious’ times

    Webster admits ‘anxious’ times

    MEMBER for Mallee Anne Webster admits cutting the coronavirus supplement will cause many people across her electorate anxiety. However, the federal MP emphasised the government’s…

  • Fun weekend of activities for local youth

    Fun weekend of activities for local youth

    GANNAWARRA Shire youth are set for an entertaining weekend with activities in Kerang and Cohuna enabling them to show their artistic flair, polish their skateboarding…

  • Every bit of Murrabit proudly on show

    Every bit of Murrabit proudly on show

    THERE were plenty of young faces, as well as older ones, at the Australia Day breakfast in Murrabit last Tuesday. The 172 barbecue breakfasts served…

  • Murray cannabis facility growing strong

    Murray cannabis facility growing strong

    GANNAWARRA-based medicinal cannabis company Murray Meds is preparing for its first shipment of product. The company’s outdoor organic operation, set up by Nan-Maree Schoerie in…

  • Blow for Quambatook as Tractor Pull cancelled

    Blow for Quambatook as Tractor Pull cancelled

    QUAMBATOOK’S Australian Tractor Pull Championships will once again give way to silence on Easter Saturday, with COVID-19 sweeping the event aside for the second year…

  • Out and about after lockdown

    Out and about after lockdown

    COHUNA’S University of the Third Age (U3A) is back in action after a lengthy COVID-enforced halt to its programs, with a busy schedule of activities…

  • Rescue mission to save tangled cockatoo

    Rescue mission to save tangled cockatoo

    KAYAKERS and fishermen combined to rescue a cockatoo in distress on Gunbower Creek last Sunday. The bird was caught in bailing twine wrapped around its…

  • Lake Charm masterplan input welcomed

    Lake Charm masterplan input welcomed

    A LARGE variety of ideas were put on the table for the Lake Charm foreshore masterplan last week. A public meeting, led by independent chair…

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