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Midfielder had a ball in the wet

BOOTS heavy and caked with mud, waterlogged socks weighed down around the ankles, a ball like a piece of soap – wet-weather footy is not for the faint-hearted. However, for Inglewood midfielder Damien Polack, it’s actually welcome. “As a small...

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Dominant Redbacks play one for the history book

FOR JUST the second time in North Central senior football history a team has been held scoreless in a game, with Wedderburn crushing Donald by 121 points last Saturday. The hapless Royal Blues joined the Birchip Watchem side from round nine in 1981...

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Loddon Herald 31 July 2025

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Alt-rockers book in rural tour

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MELBOURNE alt-rock favourites One More Weekend are heading to the Loddon next month. The group’s two-day northern Victoria tour will see a meet and greet visits in Pyramid Hill and at East Loddon P12 College. One More Week aims to bring its...

Care site offer extended

WEDDERBURN Lions Club has been given a four-year extension on using land in Wilson Street for a proposed supported residential facility. Loddon Shire councillors on Tuesday agreed to the keeping the land available for the club until 2029. The Lions...

Can we help you more? Draft strategy out for comment

LODDON Shire Council says its customer service always goes above and beyond in helping the public – a fact recognised year after year in Community Satisfaction Surveys – but there’s always room to improve and we want you to help us do that...

Your letters: Eucy trees and The Oldtimers

Concerning ‘eucy myths’ Sir, I’m writing in response to criticisms from some members of the public regarding the planting of eucalypts in Inglewood. As an arborist with over 40 years of experience, I find such comments, often based on...

AI gets it wrong on ‘Mallee’ change

THE Inglewood streetscape design debate went off the rails last week. An Artificial Intelligence (AI) summary of community discussion was used online to suggest council was changing the town’s name to Mallee. Loddon Shire acted fast to put real...

29 Jul 2025