IT was another tough Hampden Football Netball League outing for the Hamilton Kangaroos, hosting the North Warrnambool Eagles and falling to the visitors by 70 points on Saturday.

ANOTHER missing hiker was found by emergency services in the Grampians on Friday, only a few weeks after Parks Victoria put out a warning message about the dangers of hiking.

“We got our lawyers involved – but because we hadn’t been paid anything for 20 machines already manufactured – we counter sued them for $3 million.”

James and June recall it was a traumatic time when they hired lawyers at a huge expense to try and negotiate an agreement.

AGENTS yarded 6049 head consisting of 3394 lambs and 2655 sheep at Hamilton on Wednesday, where the quality was mixed and very plain, with very few good quality lambs on offer.

LOCALS passionate about the wellbeing of wildlife in our community can broaden their knowledge and learn valuable skills by attending the Volunteer Wildlife Rescue and Transport Training session at the Hamilton Institute of Rural Learning (HIRL) on August 6.

SPORTSCENE Minders are again the team to beat in the 2022 Autumn season of the Hamilton Basketball Association (HBA) Division 1-2 Women’s competition.

MORE than 100 food and fibre, government, commercial and community leaders came together for a powerful showcase of regional and industry leadership to driving climate action through sustainable, innovative and community-led endeavours at the Great South Coast Sustainable Energy Forum on Wednesday.

THE high achiever status of local Lachlan ‘Lachie’ Barber, and the speed of his accelerated journey through the Army Cadets since early last year doesn’t look like diminishing after the 17-year-old’s Victorian team won the Chief of Army Cadet Team Challenge at Puckapunyal earlier this month.

SIX locals have been selected in the region’s V/Line Cup squad ahead of the return of the competition to its tradition slot in the September school holidays.

COMMUNITIES across the Wimmera, north and east of Hamilton and around Mortlake will be able to have their say on minerals exploration licence applications in their local area in the coming weeks.