FOUR first-year Deakin University trainee doctors from the first intake of Deakin’s Rural Training Stream spent three days in Hamilton this week under a program designed to address the shortage of doctors living and working in rural and regional areas.

THE Victorian Farmers Federation (VFF) says the move by Coles to lift their own brand milk price is welcoming for farmers, and reflects the mounting costs being incurred by producers at the farm gate.

LAST Saturday's stableford competition saw small fields of 40 men and six women respectively.

18 Francis Street, Hamilton. Price $349,000. Contact Bridget Fry at Southern Grampians Livestock and Real Estate, 62 Thompson Street, Hamilton on 03 5571 1404 or 0409 711 712.

SOUTH WEST TAFE will purchase and redevelop its leased campus site in Hamilton in a multi-million-dollar project that will consolidate and expand its role in the region.

THE Hamilton Kangaroos will be fighting for a finals spot when they host North Warrnambool Eagles at Melville Oval tomorrow.

PARKRUN Hamilton will see a milestone achieved when Carol Pryle partakes in her 250th Parkrun event at Lake Hamilton tomorrow.

EMERGENCY services responded to a serious house fire in Bell Street, Penshurst, at 7.58pm on Thursday night which left the house destroyed

GEOLOGIST Paul Callander will be the guest presenter to the Hamilton Field Naturalists Club (HFNC) for an upcoming event at the Hamilton Institute of Rural Learning (HIRL) next week.

MOYNE Shire Council is supporting calls for extra biosecurity measures to be taken to protect the local, vital agriculture sector and ensure it remains free from the highly contagious viral foot-and-mouth (FMD) disease.