HAMILTON’S annual weaner sales will return on Monday with 13,500 cattle expected to pass through the Hamilton Regional Livestock Exchange (HRLX) over the course of the week.

A GRASS fire near Rocklands Reservoir on Tuesday was rapidly extinguished by a “hard and heavy” response from CFA firefighters.

FOR most, Christmas is a day enjoyed at home or at the beach – but for those in hospital, the merry end of the year is not so merry.

THE long and nervous wait is over for more than 64,800 students who officially received their Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE) or Victorian Certificate of Applied Learning (VCAL) results Wednesday morning.

LOCAL dairy farmers are celebrating a great start to the season, with a stable milk price – and the prospect of an increase – good weather and falling costs of production all going in their favour. “It’s been the best season ever,” said Tyrendarra dairy farmer and United Dairyfarmers of Victoria Wannon branch president Bruce […]

THE traditional lifting of a ban on alcohol on Bentinck St will not go ahead on Thursday, another victim of the coronavirus pandemic restrictions – and police have warned they will be out in numbers to enforce it. With the fireworks display already cancelled, and local authorities not encouraged to do anything on New Year’s […]

THE second round of the Southern Grampians Shire’s Greater Grants Program for 2020-21 will open early next year.

THE Hamilton Makers Market, which ran for a month in the lead up to Christmas, successfully finished last week.

BAIMBRIDGE College deputy principal, John Hill, recently completed his PhD, and in lieu of a proper graduation ceremony to complete the eight-year “labour of love”, former education minister and Wannon MP, Dan Tehan, personally congratulated him.

THE Penshurst Cup went ahead on Boxing Day as planned and attracted many locals to witness what was the only local racing event with crowds all year.