HORRIFIC stories of the maulings and killing of vast numbers of sheep by wild dogs and dingoes in other parts of Australia were heard at a public meeting in Dunkeld on Monday night.

MAX Beaton is one of many local children celebrated as a Royal Childrens Hospital success story.

“JACK said when he came through the vines he’s never come across so many happy workers.” Those words by long-time grape picker Sally McMahon about the grape harvest concluded last week at Jack and Lois Doeven’s Drumborg property said it all really about the 2021-22 season. While the harvest was the third in a row […]

TARRINGTON Lutheran School was identified as one of the most improved regional schools in the 2021 National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN).

THE Hamilton Institute of Rural Learning (HIRL) committee last week had a very productive day, as they met with an events and marketing specialist and ran their general committee meeting on Thursday, April 7.

IN the lead up to October 2020, Noah Barnett of Hamilton, then aged 13, had been feeling unwell for several weeks and was vomiting with severe stomach pain.

THE atmosphere was electric at Monivae College last Friday, as 12 students braved the shave (and chop) for the Leukaemia Foundation’s World’s Greatest Shave.

IF the success of your innovative farming operation can be measured by the arrival of foreign businessmen in a helicopter to have a look around, then Mark Wootton of Jigsaw Farms can tick that achievement off his list.

THE ELECTORATE of Wannon is officially in caretaker mode with the announcement of the Federal election to be held on Saturday May 21, 2022, after the Prime Minister, Scott Morrison dissolved the 46th parliament on Sunday.

IN a few weeks’ time will be the annual Good Friday Royal Children’s Hospital Charity Golf Day open for absolutely everyone to get involved. Friday April 15 will be the day it all goes down, with guaranteed fun along with awards, a raffle and auction, and everyone is welcome to participate, even children and non-golfers. […]