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Wimmera Mallee News

Woodbine to construct new facilities

A DISABILITY care agency who plans to build state-of-the-art accommodation facilities is seeking federal funding in Warracknabeal to commence construction. Woodbine Chief Executive Officer Bernie O’Connor with representatives from the community...

Dylan DeJong
9 hours ago
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Australian Citizens welcomed

THE Yarriambiack Shire Council has congratulated four members of the community for receiving their Australian Citizenship. Mayor Graeme Massey alongside fellow councillors Deputy Mayor Shane Roberts, Cr Jean Wise, Cr Kylie Zanker and Chief Executive...

Dylan DeJong
9 hours ago
Wimmera Mallee News

Local talent to inspire Australia Day

ORGANISERS for the 2020 Australia Day event in Warracknabeal have secured a line up of talent to entertain the audience and are hoping for a big crowd. On January 26, the Warracknabeal Rotary Club are putting on a cooked breakfast before the...

Dylan DeJong
9 hours ago
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Councillor calls for women to join Rural Womens Network

A WIMMERA Councillor is putting the call out for more people in rural Victoria to join a network aimed at connecting country women. Yarriambiack Shire Council Cr Helen Ballentine would like to encourage women in the region to join the Victorian...

Dylan DeJong
9 hours ago
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Woodbine to construct new facilities

A DISABILITY care agency who plans to build state-of-the-art accommodation facilities is seeking federal funding in Warracknabeal to commence construction. Woodbine Chief Executive Officer Bernie O’Connor with representatives from the community...

Dylan DeJong
9 hours ago

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Wimmera Mallee News

Australian Citizens welcomed

THE Yarriambiack Shire Council has congratulated four members of the community for receiving their Australian Citizenship. Mayor Graeme Massey alongside fellow councillors Deputy Mayor Shane Roberts, Cr Jean Wise, Cr Kylie Zanker and Chief Executive...

Dylan DeJong
9 hours ago
Wimmera Mallee News

Local talent to inspire Australia Day

ORGANISERS for the 2020 Australia Day event in Warracknabeal have secured a line up of talent to entertain the audience and are hoping for a big crowd. On January 26, the Warracknabeal Rotary Club are putting on a cooked breakfast before the...

Dylan DeJong
9 hours ago
Wimmera Mallee News

Councillor calls for women to join Rural Womens Network

A WIMMERA Councillor is putting the call out for more people in rural Victoria to join a network aimed at connecting country women. Yarriambiack Shire Council Cr Helen Ballentine would like to encourage women in the region to join the Victorian...

Dylan DeJong
9 hours ago
Wimmera Mallee News

Warracknabeal man burns rubber for Drag Challenge

A WARRACKNABEAL man competed in the Street Machine Drag Challenge for the first time recently. The full five-day Drag Challenge event is inspired directly by Hot Rod’s iconic Drag Week, was held in November. Warracknabeal mechanic and drag...

Dylan DeJong
9 hours ago

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Haystack fire west of Beulah

A HAYSTACK caught alight in the morning hours of Wednesday morning, at around 9.30am. The CFA was alerted to the fire, which occurred at a property on Brentwood West road. According to Emergency Management Victoria, the fire was quickly under...

Connor McKenzie
10 hours ago
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Local firefighters to assist in NSW

WARRACKNABEAL Fire Brigade Captain Cameron Whelan will join a strike team headed for the raging bushfires of New South Wales and Queensland on Saturday. Cpt Whelan has volunteered to join the efforts in NSW, hoping to put his expertise to good use...

Connor McKenzie
10 hours ago
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Sandon 2019 Secondary College Dux

IT has been an anxious wait for the region’s Year 12 students, as they awaited their final VCE ATAR results. Students were able to access their results on Thursday morning, with many students hoping that their study and hard work would propel them...

Connor McKenzie
10 hours ago
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RNH celebrates successes in 2019

RURAL Northwest Health recently released their 2019 Quality Account report at their Annual General Meeting. RNH Chief Executive Officer Kevin Mills opened the meeting thanking everyone employed or affiliated with RNH, the board, the executive team...

Connor McKenzie
10 hours ago
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Two out of three ain’t bad for Tancredi

ROUND four of the Mainline DynoLog Dynamometers All Star Series at Horsham’s Blue Ribbon Raceway on Saturday saw V29 Michael Tancredi lock in his second A main victory for the season. Mr Tancredi said in his post race interview that he never...

Connor McKenzie
11 hours ago
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Councillor calls for women to join Rural Womens Network

A WIMMERA Councillor is putting the call out for more people in rural Victoria to join a network aimed at connecting country women. Yarriambiack Shire Council Cr Helen Ballentine would like to encourage women in the region to join the Victorian...

Dylan DeJong
9 hours ago
Rural

Garden club happenings

WARRACKNABEAL Garden Club has finished the year with their Annual General Meeting and Christmas break-up at the Warracknabeal Golf Club on December 2. All-existing office bearers were re-elected. Aggregate prizes were presented for competition...

Connor McKenzie
06 Dec 2019
Rural

Community Garden Golden Gnome awarded

THE Warracknabeal Community Garden is as lush as ever, and the committee are welcoming new members for the new year. As a number of committee changes were made during their annual general meeting on November 25, with outgoing President John Aitken...

Connor McKenzie
06 Dec 2019
Harvest

Smale’s keeping harvesters equipped

WARRACKNABEAL’S Smale Farm Machinery are hard at work providing the regions farmers with quality harvest equipment. Smale’s continue to headline their Canola Front Draper Pickup to their clients, which comes in two models; • Belt width 12ft...

Connor McKenzie
03 Dec 2019
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Promising new bio-control for invasive weed

AGRICULTURE Victoria research scientists have identified a bug and a mite in America that could help tackle one of Australia’s worst agricultural weeds – silverleaf nightshade. This research builds on Agriculture Victoria’s previous biological...

Dylan DeJong
03 Dec 2019
Cropping

Lentils flying under the radar

WHILE wheat and barley may dominate the crops in the Wimmera and Mallee regions, lentils often fly by the radar. As harvest is well and truly underway in the region, loads of wheat, barley and canola are rolling into local silos. However one crop...

Connor McKenzie
29 Nov 2019
Rural

Regional canola yield amongst best in country

THE Wimmera and Mallee regions have been reporting an above average season of canola harvest, as other regions struggle to yield respectable numbers. The latest Australian Oilseeds Federation, AOF, crop report has total Australian production for the...

Connor McKenzie
29 Nov 2019
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Warracknabeal man burns rubber for Drag Challenge

A WARRACKNABEAL man competed in the Street Machine Drag Challenge for the first time recently. The full five-day Drag Challenge event is inspired directly by Hot Rod’s iconic Drag Week, was held in November. Warracknabeal mechanic and drag...

Dylan DeJong
9 hours ago
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Your Regional Butcher ready for Christmas

WARRACKNABEAL’S Your Regional Butcher is ready to provide Warracknabeal’s businesses and families with a wide array of festive foods and meats. Warracknabeal butcher Jamie Morgan and his team have everything from meat to seafood. “We’re open...

Connor McKenzie
06 Dec 2019
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Young talent lights up town hall

YOUNG people across the shire prove that ‘Yarriambiack Has Talent’ after performers, photographers and artists showcase their flair to the community on Sunday. Performers were greeted by the Yarriambiack Youth Action Councillors who planned and...

Dylan DeJong
03 Dec 2019
Wimmera Mallee News

Christmas fever hits Warracknabeal

AS Christmas quickly approaches, Warracknabeal is getting into the mood of the festive season, with decorations popping up all over town. Every year on December 1, Warracknabeal Action Group with the help of Apex Club of Warracknabeal and their...

Dylan DeJong
03 Dec 2019