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.

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 chills continue at Casterton halfway through the winter season with a slightly colder than average July so far.

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.

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

GLENELG Shire residents are refusing to lie down and take the rates hike dished out to them in this year’s council budget, with a series of meetings and petitions planned, starting next week.

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.

A RECORD 9.3 million Australian households have participated in online shopping sprees over the last financial year - up 12 per cent from 9.1m the previous financial year - largely due to extended lockdowns during the pandemic, according to Australia Post.

CASTERTON Community Co-operative Shop is closing its doors after 10 years of trading.

TO protect people from unwanted sexual behaviour and other acts that make people feel uncomfortable or unsafe on public transport, Victoria Police have launched the STOPIT text-based reporting service.