IN a normal year, local communities would be rallying for the culmination of the football and netball seasons, however this is far from a normal year and in September 2020 the roar of the crowd, the cheers and the tears, are sadly missing.

FARMERS across the Southern Grampians Shire are campaigning for a “fairer rates system” under the shire’s new council.

AFTER being sold in April 2019, rumours have been circulating in the community over the delayed opening of the Dunkeld service station.

IT was a “quiet and solemn” affair at the Hamilton Police Station as local police officers commemorated the lives of their colleagues on National Police Remembrance Day.

THE Greater Hamilton region is being showcased in all its glory in homes across Victoria and South Australia with the launch of the new ‘Inspired by Locals’ campaign earlier this month.

HAMILTON locals will now be able to get all their Indian spice needs locally, with the opening of Singh Spice Hut on Gray Street.

VICTORIA could see its path out of COVID-19 brought forward, after restrictions in Melbourne were eased yesterday.

THE Greater Western Victoria (GWV) Rebels will go into the 2021 NAB League season with a new coach after Marc Greig stepped down from the role last week.

LAST week’s report ended with a hope that we would see both reducing COVID-19 infection rates and declining scores off the stick at Parklands.

TWELVE months after beginning his riding career at Coleraine, gun apprentice Will Price returned on Saturday to claim the club’s feature event.