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Shepparton

Close contacts alerted after family member of GOTAFE student tests positive for COVID-19

A Shepparton GOTAFE student is in self-isolation after their family member tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday. In an update on their website, GOTAFE said the Fryers Street student was already in self-isolation with the family when the case was...

Madi Chwasta

Saints working on new game plan

JOINED LEAGUE: 1896 TO 1946, 1998 TO PRESENT NICKNAME: SAINTS GROUND: BENALLA SHOWGROUNDS COACH: JAKE PALLPRATT PRESIDENT: LLOYD JOHNSON PREMIERSHIPS: 1940, 2015 MORRISON MEDALLISTS: T. PASQUALI (1999), R. PRIEST (2008 JOINT), L. MORGAN (2013), W...

Meg Saultry

Your guide to the region’s Christmas lights

Christmas has well and truly come to Shepparton, with homes across the region lighting up. They’re bright, and cheery, and very, very Christmassy. Don’t miss any Christmas lights with our map!

Shepparton News

GV Health patient tests positive for COVID-19

Goulburn Valley Health has confirmed an inpatient at the hospital has contracted COVID-19. GV Health chief executive Matt Share made the announcement on Sunday afternoon, saying they are now being treated in isolation with the required precautions...

Morgan Dyer

Breathing new life into a crumbling Tatura home

For more than a decade, a ‘for sale’ sign stood stagnant in front of a crumbling Tatura home. Story: Jessica Ball Photography: Rodney Braithwaite G aping holes in the floor, a leaky roof and a corner jacked up to keep the 100-year-old structure...

Jessica Ball

Echuca

Riverine Herald

Echuca Regional Health confirms second coronavirus case

A WOMAN in her mid-60s is the second person to be diagnosed with coronavirus at Echuca Regional Health.

Ivy Jensen

Egans doubled up for a double each

THE Wangaratta races might have been moved to Echuca because of bushfires but the locals had no answer to the Egan bandwagon, which saw trainer Gerald and his jockey nephew Billy end up with winning doubles. Including one in partnership when Billy...

Riverine Herald

Give a dog a home - December 20

She may not have got the memo about the red dress, but this eight-year-old kelpie mix will still steal your heart. Sheri is a lovely, mature lady who is looking for a home where she can laze about, snoop about or stroll down the street with her new...

Riverine Herald

Merry Christmas from Murray River Council community services

MURRAY River Council community services staff, clients and volunteers celebrated their end of year Christmas party recently. The team of hard-working locals enjoyed an afternoon tea and were entertained by the talented Gwen Potter

Charmayne Allison

Public Anzac Day services cancelled

NEW South Wales and Victoria will not hold public Anzac Day services in 2020. NSW have cancelled all services, while Victorian RSL sub-branches will be asked to conduct a single ceremony in response to the coronavirus outbreak. In a statement to the...

Andrew Johnston

Finley

Southern Riverina News

Cases confirmed in Southern Riverina

There is one confirmed case of Coronavirus in the Berrigan Shire area, Murrumbidgee Local Health District has confirmed this morning. It is on top of two confirmed cases in the neighbouring Murrumbidgee Council area at the weekend. MLHD is yet to...

Daniel Hughes

Southern Riv snubbed for black out zones

Almost 150 dangerous traffic spots across NSW will be repaired over coming months, but none of them are in the local area. Berrigan Shire Council said it was ineligible to apply for funding under the most recent round of the Federal Liberal and...

Daniel Hughes

Hawkins football-less

The 2020 AFL season has been suspended until May 31 leaving Finley’s Tom Hawkins temporarily without football. The league were able to play out one round before the suspension came into effect with Hawkins’ Geelong Cats falling to the Greater...

Daniel Hughes

Kyabram

Kyabram and district residents urged to get up and active in April

KYABRAM and district residents are encouraged to register online and commit to 30 minutes of physical activity a day this coming month as part of Active April. Campaspe Shire Council will be going head to head with Kyabram and District Health...

Kyabram Free Press

Kyabram businesses hit hard by COVID-19

WE are living in extraordinary times. The development and influence of the coronavirus has been swift and devastating.

Jared Prestwidge

Kyabram’s Little Athletics season ends

KYABRAM’S Little Athletics program is officially over for another year. The centre’s final day was held last Wednesday, which included the Pinnacle Finance/M+S Group Gift Run and presentations. On the night, there were several announcements...

Brayden May

Benalla

In the Archives: Peg learns to soar like an eagle

Peg learns to soar like an eagle When Rosalie (Peg) Lewis of Lurg spotted an eagle flying over her property several weeks ago she made the offhand comment to her family that it would be magnificent to soar like an eagle.

Benalla Ensign

Benalla Sportstar: Mailer swimming her way to the top

Maddison Mailer’s swimming resume is as impressive as anyone at 16-years-old. In eight years with Benalla Swimming Club, Mailer has gone from local swimmer to someone we could soon be seeing on the national stage.

Brayden May

Coronavirus arrives in Benalla with two cases confirmed today

Covid-19 has arrived in Benalla Rural City with two cases confirmed by the Department of Health and Human Services in the last 24 hours. There is no confirmation on where in the district they occurred at this stage. The total number of Covid-19...

Simon Ruppert

Covid-19 case recorded in Strathbogie Shire

The spread of Covid-19 is edging closer to Benalla with the first recorded case in neighbouring Strathbogie Shire confirmed today. The total number of cases in Victoria is now 685 – an increase of 111 from yesterday. The state has recorded three...

Simon Ruppert

Cobram

Three more confirmed COVID-19 cases in Moira Shire

GV Health have confirmed two people have tested positive for coronavirus in Moira Shire. GV Health chief executive Matt Sharp said both people recently returned from overseas and required assessment following the development of flu-like symptoms...

Cobram Courier

Covid-19 | Sport shutdown across the board as pandemic takes hold

Almost all sport in the Cobram-Barooga region - and indeed most of the world - has been postponed or cancelled in the face of the coronavirus pandemic. Aside from greyhounds, trots and harness racing - as well as golf - sporting ventures are few and...

Cobram Courier

Helloworld Travel Cobram owner to face tough times ahead

Cobram’s Rosa Mete was 15 when she started working in the travel industry – she even knows the exact date her award-winning career started. This year, Ms Mete faces her biggest challenge yet - the coronavirus crippling the global tourism industry with increasingly legislated travel bans and airlines dropping services.

Ed McLeish

Cobram crime rates increase, but still no 24-hour police station in sight

As crime in Cobram increased by 30 per cent in the past year, Victorian Member for Ovens Valley Tim McCurdy has called on the government to ensure Cobram’s police station is open 24 hours.

Ed McLeish

Seymour

Gift of music delivered

Seymour, Yea and Whittlesea Rotary clubs’ collection drive of instruments has been a success. The clubs are supporting Rural Aid’s Gift of Music, a program helping put instruments in the hands of those who need them most. Instruments are...

David Rak

Stihl powering on in Seymour

Farmers, tradies and DIY enthusiasts need not panic. The team at Stihl Shop Seymour has got all your equipment and maintenance needs covered during the coronavirus pandemic. Owners Donna and Mick Fulton said it was business as usual, with the store...

David Rak

Winter-Irving comes home a winner in NTFL premier league

It may have been the third flag of his career, but for Seymour’s Kyle Winter-Irving, a premiership with Northern Territory club Nightcliff this season ranks as his proudest football achievement to date.

Meg Saultry

Rochester

Bamawm Rec Reserve auction makes far more than expected

Everything from farm machinery to lounge room knick-knacks faced the auctioneer’s block at the Bamawm Recreation Reserve auction. Held on the Labour Day public holiday in an attempt to fundraiser for Bamawm’s Recreation Reserve, the...

Daneka Hill

Everything looking up for LBU netball

LOCKINGTON United Bamawm’s netball program is on the way back up. The Cats look set to put the poor performances of previous seasons beyond them as they look to break into the Heathcote District Netball League’s top five. And new coach...

Brayden May

Ride2School Day | Gallery

Coming in hot on two wheels was a school’s worth of students. Across Australia over 350,000 students weaved their way along the roads. It was an appropriately scary sight for many teachers on Friday the 13th, while others stood back and enjoyed the...

Daneka Hill

Nearly half of all local households have adopted green bins

It has been nearly one year since Campaspe Shire made changes to its green bin program, and council is happy with how many locals have adopted the fortnightly food and garden waste service.

Daneka Hill

Heathcote

COVID-19 council news: shoppers urged to buy local

The City of Greater Bendigo is urging residents to shop local and support local businesses to protect jobs over the coming months. Director of strategy and growth Bernie O’Sullivan said the COVID-19 pandemic was already having a serious impact...

McIvor Times

Heathcote on Show suspended

The Heathcote Tourism and Development board has decided to suspend Heathcote on Show after it became clear COVID-19 would be having an impact into June and beyond.

McIvor Times

Heathcote could play mid-week HDFNL games

YOU may be seeing Heathcote in action on a weeknight in season 2020. Heathcote District Football Netball League chairman Peter Cole has suggested mid-week games could be on the cards later this year. With the start of the season delayed, at least...

Brayden May

Tatura

Tat Chat: CWA Annual Luncheon the last catch-up for many months

Goulburn Valley West Group of the Country Women’s Association CWA Goulburn Valley West Group president Jenny Goonan welcomed 19 ladies to the Annual Luncheon last Sunday. This was held in the dining room of the Hill Top Country and Golf Club...

Ed McLeish

Tatura Hot Bread wins big at Victorian Baking Show

Whether you’re a local customer or a national judge, Tatura Hot Bread always strives to deliver the best. This was never more evident than at the Victorian Baking Show in Shepparton at the weekend, where the Tatura team brought home an impressive...

Charmayne Allison

Tat Chat | Hill Top golf

Dave Roberts and Rod Schubert, under the pseudonym Davrod, combined to sponsor the double-par competition on Saturday where golfers can record two plusses on the one hole should they birdie the hole or par it with two handicap shots. The usual...

Shepparton News

Yarrawonga

Yarrawonga’s second COVID-19 case

Yarrawonga Health (YH) can confirm, a second positive test result for Coronavirus (COVID 19) following a confirmed case to Yarrawonga Health earlier this week. Again, this person had recently returned from overseas and was following mandatory...

Yarrawonga Chronicle

PMAV trip to Corryong

The president of the north east branch of the PMAV Brian Lyons, took 14 members to Corryong and joined BlazeAid to assist in the cleaning up and fencing on properties which were burnt out during the recent bushfires. There were up to 10 teams of...

Yarrawonga Chronicle

Are Lakers premiers? We’ll know tonight

Yarrawonga Mulwala Cricket Club will know if it is 2019/20 premiers of Wangaratta District Cricket Association following an association meeting tonight. “The club has spoken with WDCA President Michael Hurley and was told the committee would make...

Robert Muir

Drought funding endorsed

Except for Cr Fred Longmire, Federation Council’s councillors endorsed 14 projects to share in a further $1 million Federal Government funding regarding the drought community program. The Round 2’s 14 projects and the amounts of funding, with...

Robert Muir

Corowa

Georgie’s sheep sale a great success

The Stars of the Border Dance for Cancer may have been postponed, however local participant Georgie Bruce’s efforts have not gone unrecognised. Corowa Rutherglen’s senior netball coach raised approximately $6000 for NSW Cancer Council from the...

Adrienne Hartnett

North East Regional Tennis Association

Section 1 Another season of tennis has come and gone with the culmination of the Grand Finals played at Corowa on Saturday. There were tears of joy and tears of disappointment as the results became clear as the day drew to a close. For the victors...

Corowa Free Press

Corowa Market Report

Numbers remained strong across both sheep and lambs at the Corowa market on Monday, however, a significant number of pens were passed in with buyers acting cautiously. New regulations regarding Covid-19 were in place with visitors and vendors not...

Corowa Free Press

Corowa student takes on Canberra

Federal Environment Minister and local MP Sussan Ley welcomed Corowa Public School student, Portia Johnston, to Canberra earlier this month for the country’s inaugural National Plastics Summit. Eleven-year-old Portia was one of 22 school students...

Adrienne Hartnett