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Wednesday, January 22, 2025

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Quambatook murder arrest

Detectives from the Homicide Squad have arrested a man this morning as part of their investigation into a body located in Quambatook yesterday. A 67-year-old Quambatook man was arrested without incident this morning in the Welshmans Reef area. He...

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Body found in Quambatook

Anyone with information is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or log onto www. crimestoppers. com. au

21 Jan 2025
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Crime rates steady

GANNAWARRA Shire’s 2024 crime rates have been released by the Crime Statistics Agency data and show the increase in incidents is less than the state average. There was a 1.3 per cent rise in crime in the shire and Swan Hill Police Acting...

21 Jan 2025
Police & Courts

Police Beat

Crime from around the region - Swan Hill - Possible theft: KEYS inadvertently left on a table on the corner of Curlewis and McCrae streets, Swan Hill went missing about 10.30am on Saturday, January 11. The victim returned to the location to find that someone had picked them up, but...

21 Jan 2025
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Boy killed in holiday tragedy

THE Boort district is wrapping its arms around the family of three-year-old Carter Keeble killed in a caravan fire last Thursday night. Emergency services were called to Lake View Street shortly before 6pm on January 2 after reports a caravan had...

14 Jan 2025
Police & Courts

Help sought on school damage

COHUNA police are encouraging witnesses to report any information about damage at the Cohuna Consolidated School between 5.30am on December 23 and the following morning. Police have told the Gannawarra Times investigations were ongoing, as they are...

14 Jan 2025
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Road safety a priority

VICTORIA Police has vowed to keep road safety a key priority this year after another “devastating” year on the state’s roads. There were 282 lives lost in 2024 compared with 295 in 2023. While the number of lives lost was lower, there was an overall...

14 Jan 2025
Police & Courts

Police round-up

Crime from around the region: On Thursday, January 2, police located a black sedan parked in William Street, Cohuna, with fraudulent number plates. The vehicle was impounded.

14 Jan 2025
Police and Courts

Police investigate fatal crash

POLICE are trying to piece together what led to a fiery crash in Kerang that killed an elderly passenger. Emergency services were called to the Murray Valley Highway, near Nancarrow Road, about 1pm on Sunday after reports a car had left the road...

10 Jan 2025
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Police beat

POLICE allegedly located methamphetamine, an array of drug-related materials, a significant amount of dried cannabis, cannabis plants and seeds and a stolen vehicle in operations across three separate residential premises in...

24 Dec 2024
Police & Courts

Body found in the Loddon

A BODY was found in the Loddon River at Kerang on Saturday afternoon. The grim discovery was made in water off Lower Loddon Road shortly after 4pm. Police on Sunday said the cause of death was yet to be determined, and identify of the deceases...

23 Dec 2024
Police & Courts

Concerns for missing man

MISSING man Arlen could be in the Kerang area. The 23-year-old was last seen leaving his Kerang residence on December 12. Arlen is approximately 175cm tall with a solid build, brown curly hair with a mullet, and brown eyes. It is believed he may be in...

23 Dec 2024
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Truck and ute collide at Reedy Lake

SWAN Hill highway patrol are appealing for witnesses to a collision between a truck and utility that left a man with life-threatening injuries in Reedy Lake on Friday morning. It is believed a utility driver was travelling along the...

20 Dec 2024
Police & Courts

Police beat

Police beat: Drink drive stop, Drugs and vapes seized, Calves stolen, Fire. A driver allegedly returned a 0.259 breath test result on Monday, December 9, after he was found behind the wheel of his vehicle, which had rolled to a stop on a nature strip.

17 Dec 2024
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Police beat

Police beat: Burglaries, Theft of motor vehicle, Criminal damage, Windscreen smashed, Rural Properties, Fire Safety. A WHITE utility, box trailer, John Deere ride-on mower, quadbike and various tools and farming equipment were taken from a farm in Dingwall between November 27 and 29.

10 Dec 2024
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Elderly volunteer jailed for rape

A SCOUTS and Lions volunteer who raped an unconscious woman at a Cohuna caravan park in 2021 has been jailed. Robert George Goeldner, 74, committed the offence on June 1, 2021, after the victim refused his suggestion that they start a relationship. At...

03 Dec 2024
Police & Courts

Police beat

COHUNA Drug Driver - A DRIVER tested positive to methylamphetamine when police conducted a preliminary oral fluid test on King George Street at 8.45am on Tuesday, November 26. The 46-year-old Cohuna man was issued with a fine and a six-month loss of...

03 Dec 2024