THE Mininera and District Football League (MDFL) is gearing up for its 100-year celebration which will coincide with a book launch, with the publication documenting the history of the league dating back to the 1920 two-team competition between Westmere and Streatham.

LIBERAL Party incumbent Wannon MP, Dan Tehan said he was “cautiously optimistic of retaining the seat” yesterday morning while the vote count remained ongoing.

MACARTHUR’S Suffoir Winery, Brewery, and Distillery has welcomed South African born artist, Juanita Pohl, as their first artist in residence.

PENSHURST sits just percentage out of the Mininera and District Football League top five after the Bombers thumped the Swans by 151 points at Caramut on Saturday.

IT WAS another bumper sale at WVLX with agents yarding 5664 cattle in Mortlake on Friday.

THROUGHOUT the pandemic, we saw previously undervalued jobs take centre stage, as frontline workers kept the country running during COVID-19 lockdowns.

THE Hamilton Kangaroos faced the toughest test in the Hampden Football Netball League (HFNL), travelling to Friendly Societies Park to take on South Warrnambool on Saturday.

DESPITE costing almost $1 billion in taxpayers’ funds, professional career firefighters in Victoria have consistently failed to meet their response time targets according to the State Government’s independent Fire Services Implementation Monitor (FSIM), Niall Blair.

LAST week saw light weight trade steers in Hamilton make up to 518 cents per kilogram.

PARKLANDS Golf Course is becoming a hive of activity as our Volunteer Workers prepare it for the upcoming State Sandgreen Championships to be held on August 28 and 29.