SOUTH-west Victoria’s farmers will have a chance to share and promote their ideas and inventions with the launch of the region’s first dairy innovation challenge.

TARRINGTON mother, grandmother and life-long gardener Lisa Addinsall has a full-time gig as a flower farmer and has plenty of other jobs to keep her busy each week.

OTR Hamilton on Coleraine Road officially opened for business yesterday, bringing the first Hungry Jack’s and its flame grilled burgers to the region.

tate has had two doses of a vaccine and this week, just 19.9 per cent had had their booster shot, a milestone was reached as Victoria passed the one-million-mark of third doses.

THE Heywood Hotel has been revitalised in recent months, with the venue reopening ahead of the festive season in December after a period of uncertainty at the pub. Purchased by Hamilton’s Cally Hotel owners Tim Baulch, Jason Williams and Amanda Hayes midway through 2021, the pub is managed by industry veteran and former Cally venue […]

WHEN Bernie Stiles stepped into Kyeema Support Services chief executive Julie Amor’s shoes at 5pm last Thursday, she could scarcely have imagined what was about to happen in the next two hours. After promising the building would be fine during Ms Amor’s period of leave, she was back at the Lalor St offices little more […]

SUPPLY chain issues are beginning to affect local food bank organisers with the number of products in reserve dwindling and those able to be distributed reduced significantly.

A HAMILTON man who was part of a group that threatened a neighbour with a cricket bat, pole and chain, was sentenced to a community corrections order.

YOU can’t have an agricultural show without a prize for the biggest pumpkin, and this year’s event at Tyrendarra is certainly not going to buck that trend. The organisers of the farm and garden section want your fruit and vegetables at the footy sheds (a new venue) at the Tyrendarra Recreation Reserve on February 12 […]

LIGHTNING strikes caused multiple grassfires in the district on Thursday afternoon which were attended by several local CFA appliances and volunteers.