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Wimmera Mallee News

Police appealing for public assistance

POLICE are appealing for public assistance after a 24 year old Warracknabeal man was found with serious injuries on the side of the road in Horsham early Sunday morning. Emergency services were called to Dooen Road where the injured man was found at...

Jessica Taylor
23 hours ago
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Lightning strike burns 170 hectares of farmland

EIGHTEEN Country Fire Authority appliances a helicopter and two fixed wing aircraft attended a grass fire east of Beulah on Friday. Emergency services were called to the fire at 2.15pm after a lightning strike ignited grass and scrub. CFA District...

Jessica Taylor
23 hours ago
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Damaging storms shock the shire

GALAQUIL, Brim and Minyip were all battered with localised storm cells carrying hail, lightning and thunder on Friday. Brim residents recorded 28mm over 15 minutes, around 3pm Friday afternoon. Brim Bowling Club President James McFarlane said as the...

Dylan DeJong
23 hours ago
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Push to improve access to services

HEALTH providers in Yarriambiack will be maximising telehealth resources for mental health services in 2020, while they wait for a more concrete strategy. After Rural Northwest Health conducted a mental health consultation in late October last year...

Dylan DeJong
14 Feb 2020
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Research to inform 2020 sowing program

The revered BCG Trials Review Day was held last Friday at the Birchip Leisure Centre. More than 160 farmers and advisors from across the Wimmera Mallee attended the timely event which extended the latest research, technology and decision-making...

Jessica Taylor
23 hours ago

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Early childhood free TAFE courses underway

MORE students across Victoria will gain a rewarding career in early childhood education and care, thanks to the State Government. Minister for Training and Skills and Higher Education Gayle Tierney officially launched the start of the Certificate...

Jessica Taylor
23 hours ago
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Community helps shape future of RNH

Yarriambiack Shire residents had the opportunity to help shape Rural Northwest Health’s strategic direction with a community consultation recently. Rural Northwest Health is in the process of reviewing their existing Strategic Plan – which will...

Jessica Taylor
23 hours ago
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RNH serves up healthy lunch

ABOUT 20 people came together to enjoy a healthy lunch made fresh at the Hopetoun Community Garden. A free community event organised by Rural Northwest Health’s Health Promotion team provided the opportunity for people to gain an understanding...

Jessica Taylor
23 hours ago
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Planned burning program across the Wimmera

FOREST Fire Management Victoria (FFMVic) is preparing to start its autumn planned burn program to reduce the impact of bushfires on the community and environment across the Wimmera District. FFMVic District Manager Glenn Rudolph said, “planned...

Jessica Taylor
23 hours ago

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Barling and Pearson top four ball honours

WARRACKNABEAL Golf Club hosted a four ball best ball on Saturday with Peter Barling and Greg Pearson topping the score sheet. Peter and Greg won with a score of 41 points on a countback from runners up, Brian Scott and Stan Ryan, 41. Good scores...

Jessica Taylor
23 hours ago
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Donald makes its move on top four

DONALD has climbed into third place on Wimmera-Mallee Cricket Association ladder after claiming victory on Saturday. With two rounds remaining before finals, Donald jumped from fifth place when they outlasted Marnoo in a high scoring affair at Gott...

Scott Stewart
23 hours ago
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Warrack Golf Bowls power into grand final

NORTH Wimmera Bowls pennant competitors contested the first day of finals, with close results not the order of the day. Division One Warracknabeal 70 lost Warracknabeal Golf 110, played at Rainbow. I. Hewitt, G. Irvine, G. McLean, C. Pendlebury lost...

Jessica Taylor
23 hours ago
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Rainbow Rises 240 returns

AFTER the success of the Rainbow Rises 240 off road race event last year, the race will return to Rainbow on March 7 and 8. There will be action aplenty with cars of all classes taking part in the event from the smaller Sportslite vehicles to the...

Elissa Keller
23 hours ago
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Shire supports bowlers safety

YARRIAMBIACK Shire Council has provided grant money to the Warracknabeal Bowling Club to improve visitor’s safety on the greens. The council has provided the club with $1500 to complete the project, the remainder of the project will be funded by...

Dylan DeJong
14 Feb 2020
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Keen buyers for Sheep Market

WARRACKNABEAL agents yarded a slightly smaller yarding than the previous fortnight, consisting of 2800 lambs and 350 sheep. The quality of the yarding was again excellent, with all weights and grades represented. There was a stronger gallery of...

Jessica Taylor
23 hours ago
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Research to inform 2020 sowing program

The revered BCG Trials Review Day was held last Friday at the Birchip Leisure Centre. More than 160 farmers and advisors from across the Wimmera Mallee attended the timely event which extended the latest research, technology and decision-making...

Jessica Taylor
23 hours ago
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NDVI imaging reveals the foundation of stronger yields

THE only measure of a canola variety’s performance that really matters to growers is the yield at harvest, but it is always encouraging to see positive signs throughout the season. When Quambatook grain growers Pete and Gerald Williamson trialled...

Dylan DeJong
14 Feb 2020
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STB to be discussed at BCG Trials Review Day

WIMMERA wheat growers risk 20 percent yield loss in wet years, according to Birchip Cropping Group (BCG). The fact that Wimmera wheat growers risk 20 percent yield loss in wet years from Septoria tritici blotch (STB) will be a point of discussion at...

Pub Lish
11 Feb 2020
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Herbicide resistance workshops return to the Wimmera

WIMMERA growers and advisers are invited to learn the ‘ABC’ of herbicide resistance during a series of pre-sowing workshops being coordinated by Agriculture Victoria this month. Director of Plant Science Consulting, Dr Peter Boutsalis, who also...

Pub Lish
11 Feb 2020
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Hay runner makes most of transport exemptions

A WIMMERA farmer is pushing his trucks to the limit, carting much needed fodder to and from northern New South Wales to bring relief to drought affected farmers. Warracknabeal farmer Andrew Penny, with his driver John Arnold have been making trips...

Dylan DeJong
07 Feb 2020
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CMA looking for help with Dunmunkle Creek plan

WIMMERA Catchment Management Authority is asking the Dunmunkle Creek community for local knowledge and input into a new waterway action plan. The CMA is having two community sessions at the Rupanyup Community Centre on February 10, and February 19...

Jessica Taylor
07 Feb 2020
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Rock fest inspires musicians

WIMMERA musicians are amped up to keep on rocking out after a successful weekend for the 60 years of Wimmera rock festival last weekend. Acts from the region like Warracknabeal based band Goo Finger, CROME, X-Amount and Hard Face Nanners, just to...

Dylan DeJong
14 Feb 2020
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Photos speak a thousand words

IT’S no doubt photography has come a long way in the last century from the birth of Kodak cameras in the late 1800’s to the DSLRs of today. In the case of late Warracknabeal man, Frank “Accy” Atkinson he would utilise what ever he could in...

Dylan DeJong
14 Feb 2020
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Maurice Back on Home Turf

A Hopetoun Musician has returned from the United States of America after performing his original songs, promoting the Mallee. Beulah born man Maurice Conway, who has lived in many townships across the district, has written many songs titled after...

Dylan DeJong
14 Feb 2020
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Minyip gearing up for fifth Show n’ Shine

MONTHS of planning and coordinating will come together this month for the Minyip Show n’ Shine on February 23. The popular motoring event will bring the township of Minyip alive with plenty of colour and the roar of engines. A great number of...

Jessica Taylor
14 Feb 2020