WINNERS of Great South West Dairy Awards were announced Wednesday night at the Great South West Dairy Awards Gala Dinner, organised by WestVic Dairy with the support of local sponsors.

WITH wintry conditions, it was certainly more challenging out on the course during Saturday’s Monthly Medal stroke round.

TWO years after his 18-year-old daughter, Carmen, died in a single car crash, it was another crash that took the lives of four young men that prompted John Maher to first share his family’s story with others.

SPORTSCENE Minders is the only undefeated team after comfortably beating second-placed St Mary’s by 19 points in round three of the 2022 Women’s Division 1-2 Hamilton Basketball Association (HBA) Autumn season on Tuesday night.

AS a rule of thumb for biosecurity risks for on-farm vehicles, if it’s been out and about, then check it out.

THE Victorian State Emergency Service (VICSES) will celebrate Wear Orange Wednesday (WOW) Day, next week on May 18.

THE Country Fire Authority (CFA), Forest Fire Management Victoria (FFMV) and Parks Victoria carried out planned burns along Old Ararat Road and the Blackwood-Dunkeld Road in Dunkeld earlier this week.

DUNKELD residents can rest easy knowing they have a police officer in town, with leading senior constable, Roger McClure recently appointed to take on the full-time job of manning the Dunkeld Police Station.

WALTANNA Farms in Hamilton has secured $2.4 million in federal funding from the latest round of the Modern Manufacturing Initiative for a new purpose-built automated food production facility, plus $50,000 from the Energy Efficient Communities Program.

THE State Government has backed Victorian farmers to reduce their on-farm emissions and adapt to a changing climate with an innovative pilot program.