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All the results from the Boort Show 2026
Results from the Boort Show - Machinery, produce, cookery, needlework and flowers
29 October, 2026
General News
BULLDOGS BOLSTER STOCKS FOR 2027
PYRAMID Hill is leaving no stone unturned in trying to end its 77-year...
YOUNG FACES OF SPIRIT AT DEB BALL
COMMUNITY spirit starred when seven debutantes were presented at the...
Local News
RSPCA reports 18 incidents in shire
THE RSCPA has had 18 reports of alleged animal cruelty in the Loddon...
Politics & Council
YOUR ONLINE WORDS - IDEAS AND THOUGHTS
Readers write about Betty Jackel, steam and the old shire office in Serpentine
28 October, 2026
Local News
CONTROLLING HOPEFULS PREACH TO CONVERTED
In his latest special article for the Loddon Herald, Denis Muller writes...
Local News
Health win for our older residents
DECISIONS made in Canberra and Spring Street have very real consequences...
Local News
Candidates say rail return is needed
Liberal candidate for Ripon Megan Read said: “People across our...
Agriculture
T rial site developing best in new hybrids
AGRONOMISTS and growers have been given insights into the latest trials of experimental hybrids being trialled at...
27 October, 2026
Local News
Minimising losses during harvest
WORKSHOPS in Bridgewater and Terrick Terrick have given Loddon farmers...
Local News
River environmental flows begin to roll
ENVIRONMENTAL water releases have started on the Loddon River this week...
Shearing shed talks on new wool standard
THE shearing shed at next week’s Elmore Machinery Field Days will aim to...
Real Estate
FAMILIES MAKING US HOME IN TIGHTER TIMES
RISING interest rates have putCalder corridor towns back on the radar for home buyers.
16 October, 2026
Rezoning move could land owners in windfall tax net
POTENTIAL rezoning of land in Bridgewater and Inglewood will not...
‘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...
Arts
At 91, Betty's blessed to be at the piano
BETTY Jackel discovered the gift for making music as a seven-year-old after being driven into Boort for music lessons.
25 October, 2026
THE THIRD GENERATION CUSTODIANS OF ‘OASIS’
WHEN the seasons are dry, Kurraca farmer Tony Holt heads home to what...
Country connection casts the vibe
ANOTHER Hugh O’Brien comedy, another hit performance by the Loddon’s...
Geoff’s trees stand tall at eucy show
TREES real and imagined have seen Bendigo artist Col Brown scoop the top...
Feature Profiles
SMASHING GOOD DAY
WHEN Wedderburn’s 21 senior players came crashing through the banner at Lord Nelson Park on Saturday, they signaled...
1 October, 2026
FROM LOCAL CONVERSATION TO NEW HOUSING POSSIBILITIES
ReadyNest and Newbridge General Store explore a local approach to...
Everything in the hands of an icon
MANY of the great cities of the world have their own iconic landmarks –...
GROWING DREAM FOR A ‘CORNER STORE’
BIANCA Rothacker turned Bridgewater into a green thumb destination when...
Sport
Local News
Latest in pennant bowls results
How the Loddon teams have played over the past week
Local News
Scoreboards from all the cricket matches
Last weekend's Upper Loddon Cricket Association senior and junior results
Local News
Wickham day of wonders
BRIDGEWATER’S Ned Wickham was the hero as the Bulls inflicted a rare...