THE Warracknabeal Herald office will be closed on Thursday, as the Australia Day public holiday has been proclaimed for this day. Friday’s Herald will be printed Wednesday evening and will be available from then, with the office to reopen at 8.30am Friday. Advertising and news copy closes 10am Wednesday morning.
WARRACKNABEAL Bowling Club saw 29 determined bowlers take to the greens on the weekend to contest the much sought after club event, the singles crown for 2012. With both synthetic greens in action matches got underway at 9.30am, gusty winds testing players’ patience. Michael Young, after a short introduction to the game of bowls, found [...]
A TIMELINE for Woodbine’s $1 million aged care facility is still up in the air as grant funding applications are yet to be processed. The planned six room, state-of-the-art facility to be located in Noall-st will meet the needs of younger people with intellectual disabilities, who are experiencing age-related conditions such as dementia, ensuring they [...]
EXACTLY one year ago Warracknabeal and surrounding towns were inundated with water or staving it off with sandbags and levee banks as record rains poured and floodwaters surged down Yarriambiack Creek from the Wimmera River and over it’s banks. Many towns in the district faced flooding, which saw communities band together to help and support [...]
WARRACKNABEAL Police are disgusted at the discovery of a 93 metre long skid mark in Scott-st between Warracknabeal Police Station and the Palace Hotel on January 9 at about 10.15pm. Sergeant Bill Alford said this type of behaviour would not be tolerated. “We do have a suspect vehicle in mind, but we are urging any [...]
PLANNING Minister Matthew Guy announced a $94,000 heritage grant for Warracknabeal Town Hall yesterday, which was heritage listed in 2009. The grant will allow Warracknabeal Town Hall Committee to re-glaze the front windows in the old council chambers, re-paint the council chambers and rewire the building. Visiting the hall to inspect the plans works, Mr [...]
IN a continuation of the $30 million Flood Recovery Community Infrastructure Fund, State Government has announced a roll out of a further round of funding, including more than $700,000 for Yarriambiack Shire. Minister for Environment and Climate Change Ryan Smith said the $15.4 million funding package, $2 million of which will go to projects in [...]
ATMOSPHERE at the Blue Ribbon Raceway was electrified during the January 7-8 weekend as the top 20 of the 50 Junior Sedan drivers hit the track to contest the 25-lap final of the 2011-12 1200cc Junior Sedan Victorian Title. Dion Bellman visited victory lane in the 25-lap final, in a twist on last year’s results [...]
WARRACKNABEAL’S recreational skiers are reportedly irate after water levels in the weir pool were lowered before floodwaters were to hit on Christmas day, and are still yet to arrive. Wimmera Catchment Management Authority advised downstream towns of the flows, which were low enough to generally stay within the creek’s banks. Yarriambiack Shire infrastructure services manager [...]
WARRACKNABEAL Police are investigating an illegal burn off at the rear of O’Connors last Tuesday evening at 7.36pm. A worker was allegedly burning off rubbish earlier in the day and left it unattended during the high fire danger period when wind spread the fire to a nearby vehicle and burnt it out completely. The fire [...]