School news from Casterton Primary School, Sacred Heart School and Merino Consolidated School.

THE call is out from the men’s cookery convenor – come on guys and have a go, this Casterton P&A Show, next Saturday, 12 November.

A MAJOR tourist drawcard will receive a $250,000 kick-off in a National Party commitment, if the Coalition successfully secures government in next month’s State election.

A SECOND bid is on the table for Casterton Sandford Football Netball Club to change leagues in 2023, after the Cats’ initial application to move to the Mid South East Football League in 2023, was rejected by the SANFL.

AFTER more than 20 years in the capable hands of three locals, Casterton Agricultural Machinery has been handed down to its third generation of local ownership – a fifth-generation Casterton resident.

LOCAL farmers may spot helicopters regularly low-flying overhead before the year is out, as game duck populations are surveyed ahead of the 2023 hunting season.

ANYONE with a keen eye may have noticed the Kelpie in front of the Casterton Town Hall had a rocking new buddy last week – part of a larger movement promoting social connection, craftiness and getting outdoors.

NEW pens in the poultry pavilion certainly won’t ruffle any feathers when they’re filled out during the Casterton P&A Society Show, next month. The metal pens replace the wooden boxes which have housed prize birds for many years before and the show society's Jeff Black said the pens were updated to fit the existing standard […]

SIX years of secondary schooling has come to an end for Casterton Secondary College’s Class of 2022.

THE Casterton RSL’s Poppy Appeal is underway again as one of the most poignant dates of the Australian calendar approaches.