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Country meets city over cake and cuppa

COUNTRY Women’s Association members soaked up the history of Inglewood’s stately Nimmatabel on Saturday. Owner Lisa Calandro donned the hat of CWA Fraser group president to welcome members of her Melbourne branch Ashburton to Nimmatabel. Members...

By Loddon Herald

Terms ends with fun of the fete

WEDDERBURN College was alive with fun for the final day of term one on Friday. The annual fete saw students running stalls and dispensing fun. Among the large crowd were families and groups from Bridgewater, Inglewood and Tarnagulla schools. Lianne...

By Loddon Herald

Let there be light! Town gives sign

NEW lighting is now showing the way at the entrances to Wedderburn. Retired electronics technician Alan Mulraney and Dale Jackson have installed lights to complete a Wedderburn Development Association town sign project. The pair designed the system...

By Loddon Herald

Politics & Council

UNDER FIRE PREMIER PUSHES ON

Politics & Council

EXCLUSIVE LODDON HERALD READER POLL https://take. supersurvey. com/poll5460853x8cCc406C-162 By CHRIS EARL PREMIER Jacinta Allan has vowed to negotiate with Parliament’s crossbench to back the Government’s new emergency services tax that will push...

By Loddon Herald

Country kids get lift with upgrades

A $17.6 million upgrade at East Loddon P12 College has been hailed as an investment to future proof the school. Principal of the school with more than 260 students, Steve Leed, was the first to praise the new facilities at Friday’s official...

By Loddon Herald

GMW offices hit the market

GOULBURN Murray Water has put its former Pyramid Hill office and depot on the market. Almost a year after GMW officially ended its presence in the town, citing low numbers of people going to the office since COVID and organisational efficiency, the...

By Loddon Herald

Title wrapped in red tape

BUILDER Carlo Gazzola wants the northern entrance at Bridgewater to be a hub that helps solve housing affordability in Victoria. Carlos’s vision would see his company building more portables, cabins and tiny homes on the Calder Highway property he...

By Loddon Herald

Ready to cactus you at carnival

DOZENS of cacti have been potted by residents at Inglewood and Districts Health Service ready for sale on the bazaar stalls at the 152nd Rheola Charity Carnival. Residents, leisure staff and Wedderburn College student Emily Canham spent Saturday...

By Loddon Herald

Eighth candidate trumpets close of nominations

LAST minute Trumpets of Patriots party candidate Adam Veritch has entered the Mallee fray for the May 3 fedferal election. Mr Veitch, of Bendigo and the ToP predecessor United Australia Partty’s Bendigo candidate in 2019, is among seven other...

By Loddon Herald

Police investigate after Dunolly crash man dies in hospital

Police are investigating a fatal collision in Dunolly last week. They said this afternoon that emergency services responded after a motorcycle was travelling southeast along McKinnon Road when it struck a kangaroo about 6.45am on Wednesday Apri 2...

By Loddon Herald

Jamieson’s special link to farm clearing sale

JAMIESON Brown was raising funds at the weekend for a school trip to Timor-Leste. She is one of 14 Year 11 and 12 students at Marist College Bendigo who will assist at schools in the country for 10 days from April 30. But at the forefront of...

By Loddon Herald

Nick’ s China experience

WOODSTOCK grazier Nick Punton is back in Australia after being part of the first wool tour to China in more than five years organised by Elders. Nick joined the tour that father Bill was part of a decade earlier, visiting wool processing plants and...

By Loddon Herald

Blooming good time at nursery’s birthday sale

THE weekend’s cool weather saw Loddon’s green thumbs inspired to begin planning for winter as they headed to Bridgewater Nursery’s fifth birthday sale. Owner Bianca Rothacker and staff at the Main Street business had a steady stream of...

By Loddon Herald

Barry remembered as brigade heart and soul

LONG-TIME Mitiamo Fire Brigade communications officer Barry Schramm was the volunteer unit’s heart and soul. That was the tribute from secretary Geoff Thomas to Mr Schramm who has died, aged 79. The brigade life member served for more than 40...

By Loddon Herald

‘Regular talks’ continue on mine tunnel proposal

NEGOTIATIONS with the State Government by Catalyst Metals for approval to construct an exploration tunnel at its Four Eagles project continue. The company first flagged plans more than two years ago. A spokesman said last week: “We are continuing...

By Loddon Herald

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