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Salty water becomes too much for carp

SHALLOW and salty water in Lake Boort has seen “literally thousands” of European carp die in the past week. Paul Haw, who lives overlooking the lake said: “The Pelicans had eaten all of the fish that weighed 3kg and under. “Before Duck...

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Volunteers only: Nats on new tax

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NATIONAL Party leader Danny O’Brien wants any emergency service levy to only fund the Country Fire Authority and State Emergency Services. Mr O’Brien told the Loddon Herald on Tuesday that other agencies proposed to be support under a new State...

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Old child health centre will be removed

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THE disused former maternal and child health centre in Pyramid Hill will be removed after plans for a social enterprise in the building were abandoned. Loddon Shire councillors on Tuesday were told the town’s progress association had decided not...

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Health put on cutting edge

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PYRAMID Hill just moved its community services into the 21st century – and hopefully beyond – with the official opening of the $3.2 million first stage of the town’s community centre. And with stage two well and truly on the drawing board to...

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Six accept forum invite

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SITTING Mallee MP Anne Webster is one of five candidates to say they will be at the Loddon Herald’s election forum next Tuesday. Challengers Greg Olson (Labor), Nicole Rowan (Greens), Adam Veitch (Trumpet of Patriots), Jeff Barry (Libertarian) and...

28 Apr 2025

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Rocketing rods cram into Brooke Street

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PARKING was at a premium in Inglewood on Monday after hundreds of streetrods trekked the Calder Highway to savour the heritage and history of Brooke Street. Driven by enthusiasts from across Australia who had been in Bendigo for the national...

28 Apr 2025

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Stadium of Steel: the passion of RA

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COMMUNITY and sporting legend Bob “RA” Steel has been left flabbergasted after Wedderburn College on Tuesday named its stadium in his honour. “There’s plenty of others who could have been up here with me,” said Bob said after the surprise...

28 Apr 2025

By Loddon Herald

Agriculture

BREAKING NEWS: Water rationing lifted

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Rationing restrictions are being lifted for Goulburn Murray Water (GMW) customers in Dingee, Calivil and Boort after a significant decrease in irrigation demand. Following heavy rainfall across the Loddon Valley Irrigation Area on Friday many...

28 Apr 2025

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Water voting will remain a mystery

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VOTING results from Goulburn Murray Water elections for a new customer committee will not be released. “We will just be publishing the successful candidates, but not the number of votes each candidate received,” GMW said on Tuesday. Seventy...

27 Apr 2025

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Children rattle the tins

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FIRE BRIGADES across the Loddon have helped the Country Fire Authority takes its total fundraising for the Royal Children’s Hospital Good Friday appeal over $40 million. Local brigade members and volunteers were out rattling tins on Friday as the...

27 Apr 2025

By Loddon Herald

Politics & Council

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LIVE STREAMING of Loddon Shire Council meetings will be ditched if a new policy gets the community thumbs up. Councillors on Tuesday endorsed updated governance rules that that will allow council to stop live streaming of monthly meetings that it...

26 Apr 2025

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Anzac commemorations in our communities

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Boort: 10am Memorial Hall, Godfrey Street Bridgewater: 6am Memorial Hall, Eldon Sttreet Calivil: 10am Calivil Hall and Recreation Reserve Eddington: 5pm Eddington Hall Inglewood: 10.50am march to Inglewood Centopath, Grant and Verdon Streets, for...

24 Apr 2025

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Letters to the editor: Levee bank, energy

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Levee bank question Sir, Thank you for the very enlightening article about the Boort levee bank project (Loddon Herald, April 10). It is inexcusable that Indigenous approval delayed the project by three years as protection from flooding the township...

22 Apr 2025

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Triple-0 anguish: They sent a taxi

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TYSON Woodman has been left writhing in agony for almost three hours on Sunday morning as his family frantically tried to have the Triple-0 call centre despatch an ambulance. Grandmother Verneece said a scoliosis attack had left Tyson unable to move...

22 Apr 2025

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Old servo building coming down

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DEMOLITION of the former Inglewood Co-op service station is expected to start next week. Removal of the building will be the first step in the long-awaited town streetscape project. Loddon Shire’s acting operations director David Stretch said work...

21 Apr 2025

By Loddon Herald