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Local news and sport for Loddon Shire communities.

Wine pioneer and a sunny Sunday

WINE connoisseurs and neighbours have praised pioneer wine-maker Arleen Reimers as her family’s Old Kingower winery marks 50 years of vintages. Arleen is regarded as a trailblazer in the wine industry who planted vines and used district stone to...

23 hours ago

By Loddon Herald

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Anniversary weather matches planting experiences

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KINGOWER vignerons Mark and Christine Gilmore celebrated 40 years since they first planted vines with the release of their Both Banks 2023 vintages on Sunday. Mark said the weekend’s weather was similar to their start as grape growers. “The...

23 hours ago

By Loddon Herald

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Winter’s brekky warmer

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PORTABLE heaters were wheeled in to Pyramid Hill’s Kelly Park last Friday for the progress association’s winter breakfast. Dozens of residents attended the regular event aimed to bring the community together and celebrate the town’s friendly...

23 hours ago

By Loddon Herald

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Freight track capacity up

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THE railway passing loop at Korong Vale has been lengthened to hold bigger trains which carry about $1.3 million worth of produce. The work, part program to re-rail track, replace sleepers, lengthen passing loops and improve track geometry, is...

23 hours ago

By Loddon Herald

Politics & Council

Anti-tax stance backed

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TOWN committees are throwing their support behind Loddon Shire Council in the fight to have the State Government axe its controversial emergency services tax. Inglewood Development and Tourism and Pryamid Hill Progress Association meetings in the...

15 Jun 2025

By Loddon Herald

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AJP says Purcell ‘made tax better’

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NORTHERN Victoria MP Georgie Purcell has now claimed credit for changes to the State Government’s emergency services tax legislation that reduced the hit on farmers from 187 per cent to 150 per cent. The Animal Justice Party has put an...

15 Jun 2025

By Loddon Herald

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Doesn’t cut with readers

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THE State Government’s 12-month reprieve for farmers facing a 150 per cent increase in the emergency services levy has failed to find long-term favour with Loddon Herald readers. An online poll last week asking whether the Government’s pause...

15 Jun 2025

By Loddon Herald

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Energy Workshops

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LODDON Mallee Public Health Unit will hold free workshops in Wedderburn and Pyramid Hill with Enviroshop energy efficiency expertise to help people manage impacts of energy bills. LMPHU prevention and population health officer Kaz Neilson said the...

15 Jun 2025

By Loddon Herald

Sport

Back in love, Seb is going steady

Sport

By ADAM BOURKE AT THE end of 2023, Seb Erharter had fallen out of love with footy. An injury ruined year with Bentleigh in the Southern Football League in Melbourne had him contemplating his playing future at just the age of 21. A conversation with...

14 Jun 2025

By Loddon Herald