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Elly’s huge drama on a human scale

A trip to an exhibition on the sinking of the Titanic was enough to spark Elly Miechel’s fertile imagination and produce a prize-winning story on the famous 108-year-old sea tragedy. The 18-year-old Goulburn Valley Grammar School student from...

John Lewis
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Shepparton’s welfare groups concerned about JobKeeper cuts

Shepparton’s welfare groups say the number of hungry people will be “exacerbated” when JobSeeker and JobKeeper payments are slashed in September.

Madi Chwasta
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Boulevard Estate residents fed up with “foul odour”

Irate residents say it stinks to live in Shepparton’s Boulevard Estate where they have been plagued by a “foul odour” which may have been permeating the area for as many as 20 years.

Spencer Fowler Steen
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Lemnos mask maker swamped but poised to deliver more masks

Lemnos mask maker Med-Con is working 24/7 pumping out masks for the nation, but cannot physically make any more at the moment despite a spike in demand.

Spencer Fowler Steen
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Detectives close to solving Mooroopna Railway Station fire cold case

It has been two-and-a-half years since the Mooroopna Railway Station was burnt to the ground by an unknown offender. In the middle of the night the historic wooden building was torched, destroying 138 years of Mooroopna’s history. Greater...

Liz Mellino
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Shepparton neuroscientist improves the lives of infants around the world

To say Shepparton’s Deanne Thompson is excelling at life would be a gross understatement. Now an associate professor, a senior neuroscientist at the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute and leader of the neuro-imaging team for the Victorian Infant...

Spencer Fowler Steen
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40,000 piece puzzle takes up Shepparton CBD sidewalk

MOST people know their puzzle limits; 500-piece puzzles are a challenge, while only the brave attempt 1000 pieces. But on Wednesday a Shepparton woman assembled a staggering 40,000-piece puzzle on the CBD sidewalk.

Daneka Hill
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Victoria-NSW border closes

There were no traffic flow problems at the Cobram-Barooga bridge road block, as New South Wales police implemented the new border restrictions.

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NSW-Victorian border to close Tuesday night

The NSW-Victoria border will be closed from Tuesday night, as Victoria records the largest daily increase in COVID-19 cases since the beginning of the pandemic.

Madi Chwasta
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New active COVID-19 case in Greater Shepparton

Greater Shepparton has reported a new active case of COVID-19. The Department of Health and Human Services confirmed its the only active case in the region, as the state’s total rose by 108 – the second highest daily rise in Victoria since the...

Madi Chwasta
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Longleat Wines features installation from Shepparton artist John Head

Shepparton artist John Head has installed a striking bamboo art piece along the Goulburn River at Longleat Wines. The installation, The Kaiela Spirit, represents the different communities along the Kaiela River (the Yorta Yorta name for the...

Charmayne Allison
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SAM over halfway done, art to be moved in September

The new Shepparton Art Museum will need one important feature and it will cost a little under $260 000 to move it. Greater Shepparton City Council says about 4000 separate art works will be relocated from the old Welsford St site to their new...

James Bennett
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‘Option 4a’ agreed on for Maude St Mall

“Let’s move on and get this done.” That was the relieved sentiment from Councillor Shelley Sutton as her Greater Shepparton City Council colleagues unanimously adopted what is expected to be the final design plan for the Maude St Mall.

James Bennett
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Kialla West farm offers perfect home for much-loved rescue animals

If the mythical Dr Dolittle could visit this Kialla West lifestyle property, he would have no shortage of furry or feathered creatures to have interesting conversations with.

Sharon Wright
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Council set to make Haven Mooroopna development decision

Greater Shepparton City Council received 10 submissions calling for a proposed 36 dwelling development on MacIsaac Rd, Mooroopna, not to go ahead. At tonight’s ordinary meeting, council has been advised to accept the development proposal submitted...

James Bennett
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More than 450 requests for rate relief in Greater Shepparton

More than 450 Greater Shepparton ratepayers are on payment plans as part of Greater Shepparton City Council’s COVID-19 economic response.

James Bennett
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Kialla woman writes short story about losing mother to domestic violence

And on May 6, she released My Untold Truth

Charmayne Allison
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Rushworth man suffers injuries in Shepparton police cell while resisting restraint

A man suffered three fractured ribs and a collapsed lung while resisting restraint by police in custody in Shepparton late last month.

Liz Mellino

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COVID-19 fines after police called to Kyabram residence hosting 30-plus gathering

NINE people have been issued fines by Kyabram Police after they were found in breach of COVID-19 social-gathering restrictions.

Jared Prestwidge
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No new cases

There has been one further case of COVID-19 identified in a resident of Murrumbidgee Local Health District.

Deniliquin Pastoral Times
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“Border bubble” bursts as NSW Government announces strict new border zone

The NSW Government has established a strict new border zone which comes into force at 12.01 am on Wednesday, July 22. Residents of Cobram, Cobram East, Barooga, Tocumwal, Yarrawonga and Mulwala can cross the closed Victoria-NSW border by...

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Police appeal for information after Seymour FM burglary and arson

Detectives from Mitchell Crime Investigation Unit are appealing for information following a burglary and arson that occurred in Seymour recently.

David Rak