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Longtime Dimboola Roos players Billie Schilling, Olivia Beugelaar and Nicole Polycarpou embrace A Grade coach Ant Toet following their preliminary final win over Horsham Demons last Saturday.

From hops to bounds: The Roos’ grand final appearance decades in the making

After 55 years, Dimboola returns to the grandest stage of all: the WFNL A Grade grand final.

18 September, 2026

Nhill’s Barrett Clark winds up for a backhand shot at goal.

Tigers take down Hurricanes, reclaim top spot in Wimmera hockey race

Dimboola's senior football side faces a tough challenge on Saturday as they host reigning premiers Ararat, but it is one coach Andrew Moore said the team is looking forward to.

Roos return to action, take on Ararat

Kaniva's Emma Toll taps the ball away from Warrack Hoops' Eileen Eichberger.

Hockey blasts through opening round

Dimboola RSL secretary/treasurer, Rhonda Huf will be sharing stories on Anzac Day about two Australian nurses who served in World War 2, Matron Olive Paschke and Vivian Bullwinkel. Paschke died in 1942 (presumed drowned), but both women received the highest international distinction a nurse can achieve, the prestigious Florence Nightingale Medal (Paschke awarded posthumously in 1951), with the locally-born Paschke also honoured by a sundial in her name at Dimboola Memorial Secondary College.

Cheerful nurses part of 2026 Anzac stories

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Congratulating and thanking Dimboola for the record amount raised for the Royal Children’s Hospital is (from left) Good Friday Appeal Dimboola area manager, Debbie Clark; The Community Bank Dimboola & District branch manager, Melissa Clarke and The Community Bank Dimboola & District customer relationship manager, Amanda Ingeme.

Celebrating a record appeal

Despite somewhat colder weather than average for April, the very first Dimboola Dash had a rush of late registrations and was a positive impact on the town in tourism and sport. Here, Mitch Williams leads out the half-marathon start with other competitors.

Dimboola Dash first run steals away town

A raised pedestrian crossing next to the Dimboola Primary School funded by Hindmarsh Shire Council and the Transport Accident Commission will act as a traffic calming measure, encouraging slower vehicle speeds and increasing driver awareness.

Raised Pedestrian Crossing at Primary School

When words failed, a Dimboola firefighter picked up a paintbrush. Melinda Heatley’s award-winning artwork captures the moment the Little Desert fires turned the world gold, black and terrifying.

Artwork inspired by Little Desert bushfire

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AFTER the success of the third Wimmera Steampunk Festival in five years, the event has been nominated as a finalist in the Victorian Tourism Awards, with the winners announced late in November.

Gears to Glory: Wimmera Steampunk Festival named state tourism finalist

Catherine Devaus holding Seb Demmert holding a tiny goat.

Dimboola Show icing on the cake

Both finals-bound, both eager to make a statement. Saturday’s clash between Dimboola and Southern Mallee Thunder is a true test before finals footy begins.

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Teams to challenge each other before finals

The quick thinking by one driver prevented a truck fire from spreading into nearby paddocks after a collision on the Western Highway near Dimboola. Picture by Benjamin Jones

Two-truck collision sparks fire on Western Highway

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