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  • Reading rewards

    Reading rewards

    THE 2018/19 Gannawarra Library Service Summer Reading Program culminated with three lucky youngsters receiving family passes to Echuca’s TwistED Science.A short and informal presentation took…

  • Safer station platform

    Safer station platform

    SAFETY has been improved at Kerang railway station with the recent completion of works to replace the platform.”This new and improved Kerang platform has improved…

  • Personal reason for charity run

    Personal reason for charity run

    WHEN Kerang resident Tahnee Southern, 31, felt a tingling sensation in her legs that wouldn’t go away she knew something wasn’t right.A visit to her…

  • Buyback blow-back

    Buyback blow-back

    RURAL groups have expressed outrage over Federal Labor’s proposal to repeal the 1500GL cap on water buybacks.Leading the attack is the Victorian Farmers Federation, which…

  • House threatened by bushfire

    House threatened by bushfire

    FIREFIGHTERS prevented a bushfire spreading beyond the back fence of a house at Macorna.A plumber working at the house had earlier smelt smoke, then about…

  • Market food preparation funds

    Market food preparation funds

    MURRABIT Country Market will undergo minor works, with one end of its pavilion transformed into a new food preparation area, thanks to a grant from…

  • Classic catch for hospital

    Classic catch for hospital

    COHUNA District Hospital is a step closer towards installing a new cardiac monitoring system thanks to a $2000 donation from the inaugural Cohuna Fishing Classic.Members…

  • Retail pioneering link

    Retail pioneering link

    A LINK with a pioneering Kerang retail dynasty has been broken with the passing of Michael Hawthorne.Hawthorne’s store was a retail beacon at the corner…

  • Expansion for final resting place

    Expansion for final resting place

    A NEW niche wall and an expansion of the lawn burial section are planned at Kerang Cemetery.Victorian Government funding will contribute towards the expansion to…

  • Squandering a precious resource

    Squandering a precious resource

    DESPITE repeated calls for more effective use of scarce resources, Governments have been accused of continuing to squander precious water.In a time of drought they…

  • Repeated fire tragedies warning

    Repeated fire tragedies warning

    CLIMATE change is loading the dice for a repeat of catastrophic fires that have caused death and destruction, according to a fire scientist.The devastating Black…

  • Creek canoe marathon

    Creek canoe marathon

    THE Gunbower Creek is set to become the venue for Australia’s first creek paddling marathon.Competitors in next month’s event will cover a 46-kilometre course downstream…

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