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Connection foundation
A NEW foundation will create new community funding opportunities that bolster health care in the region.
27 August, 2026
General News
OLDEST FAMILY BUSINESS ADDS T0 STOCK, REALTY EXPERIENCE
THE Loddon’s oldest family-owned business is marking significant career advancement of staff members.
26 August, 2026
Kristy hatches plans to stop droning corellas
CORELLAS annoying residents and visitors to Bridgewater could be sent...
Scrapping VNI West ‘to end division’
THE election promise to abandon the controversial VNI West renewable...
Local News
Riving rising - new alert issued
The Loddon River at Laanecoorie is at 2.95 metres and rising with a...
Politics & Council
Councillors rate cap fact training
LODDON Shire councillors last week explored mechanisms to lift rates higher than the State Government cap in a...
26 August, 2026
More raising hands in hot tilts for seats
ONE Nation is expected to begin releasing names of its candidates this...
Allan ends 27-year career in State Parliament
JACINTA Allan has called time on her career in State Parliament that...
Regional areas ‘forgotten by the crowd in Melbourne’
MEGAN Read has hit the ground in Loddon communities in her bid to wrest...
Agriculture
Small conversations shows belonging big
GROWING up, Alec Miller never imagined his future would be in the family business. He grew up on a cropping and...
27 August, 2026
Shearers get up to top show speed
COMPETITION and judging skills have been honed at shearing shed workshop...
Ram season off to a flyer
THE on-property merino ram sale season has had a strong start with a 90...
Linking producers with tourists
TRAVELLING across Loddon Shire continues to surprise me. Every business...
Real Estate
Rezoning move could land owners in windfall tax net
POTENTIAL rezoning of land in Bridgewater and Inglewood will not consider risks for owners being hit with windfall...
25 August, 2026
‘Commitment is there’
ON A HIGH after confirmation that it would play in the Bendigo league...
There until the last game
A SEASON that began with a roar from the Macorna Tigers ended with a...
Fernihurst News, Loddon Shire News
Bidders fail to reach Coniston reserve
A 412-ACRE Fernihurst property was passed in at auction last Thursday.
Arts
Over the Fence
BRADLEY of Boort has kept things clean this week with his Tremendous Sign. Probably inspired by the heavy frosts...
2 August, 2026
Finer notes ring out classical tunes
CLASSICAL music enthusiasts were warmed by performances in two historic...
Galloping along the trail
THE PREMIERE of music inspired by deep space, the opening of an art...
Over the fence
Over the fence
Feature Profiles
GROWING DREAM FOR A ‘CORNER STORE’
BIANCA Rothacker turned Bridgewater into a green thumb destination when she opened a nursery in the Loddon River town...
25 August, 2026
From apprentice to business owner, Luke’s now looking at expansion
DURING sowing and harvest, time is everything. Day or night, farmers...
Wilson encounter with the legendary Jackson
BRIAN Wilson knocked off some decent players when he claimed the...
Braden in US fire team
TWO-DECADE forest firefighter Braden Pearce has been sent to the United...
Sport
Swamped at Mitchell Park
THANKS to the rain, they hadn’t been able to mow the oval at Pyramid Hill before Sunday’s elimination final between...
27 August, 2026
AN INCREDIBLE YEAR FOR TEAM OF NOVICES
EXPECTATIONS were not high when Newbridge entered an under 18 football...
Metherell up on high for 10 minutes
WEDDERBURN coach Tom Metherell went for a helicopter view of Saturday’s...
RUNAWAY REDBACK
WEDDERBURN midfielder Hamish Lockhart is the toast of North Central...