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Maddie Petschel was sponsored by Dimboola Community Bendigo Bank to attend the Youth Leadership & Business Summit in the July school holidays, with about 300 students from all around Australia and overseas.

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RETURNING recently from an inspirational five-day youth leadership event abuzz with enthusiasm and drive for her future was 16-year-old Dimboola Memorial Secondary College business

14 August, 2026

Uniting to advocate for the Jeparit Weir to be replaced are local community members and stakeholders, concerned its functional condition was recently assessed as ‘very poor’ and may not survive another flood event such as 2011, 2016 and 2022.

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Jeparit rallies behind urgent weir replacement

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Call the doctor: Cleopatra’s wager brings history to life

146 ex-POWs of Gull Force were evacuated from Ambon for hospitalisation at the 1st Australian Prisoner of War Reception Group Camp. The camp interpreter of the Ambon POW Camp, pictured above, Ike Ouchi, was also brought back.

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Veteran's Voice: Ambon Island tragedy

Plans to replace Jeparit Weir have advanced through an application for funding from Hindmarsh Shire.

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Jeparit Weir funding bid advances

Yarriambiack Shire Council waste and sustainability coordinator and Dimboola local, La Vergne Lehmann recently returned from an incredible seven-week overseas trip to investigate how other places around the world deal with recycling and a circular economy. She travelled to New Zealand, Japan, Sweden, Scotland, Wales and England.

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LaVergne’s rubbish trip overseas

Hindmarsh Shire Council’s new mandatory cat desexing policy will come into effect on January 1, 2028. Despite a high proportion of registered cats already desexed, the policy includes no exemptions for working farm cats employed for vermin control.

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Cat desexing rule tightens

About 80 classic and modern cars and bikes rolled into Dixon Drive for a morning of motoring, coffee and community support.

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Car show a success

Leading Senior Constable Mick Ryan looks forward to getting involved in the community as Minyip's new police officer.

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New Minyip officer puts community first

Premier Ben Carroll has formally apologised to victim-survivors of historical sexual abuse in Victorian government schools, describing it as a “shameful chapter” in the state’s history.

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'We are deeply sorry': Historic apology acknowledges school abuse

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Jeparit Weir Design and Planning Funding Application

Joy Smith has been recognised for her contributions to the Wimmera Hospice Auxiliary Care over 15 years following her resignation from the charity group. Pictured are Wimmera Hospice Care Auxiliary secretary/treasurer, Maureen Webb (left), Joy Smith, and vice president Lea Crammond.

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Fifteen years of service recognised

The husband-and-wife duo, The Austins, are set to return to Warracknabeal next month. Photo credit: SUPPLIED

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Growing leadership skills

Jeparit rallies behind urgent weir replacement

Call the doctor: Cleopatra’s wager brings history to life

Veteran's Voice: Ambon Island tragedy

Jeparit Weir funding bid advances

LaVergne’s rubbish trip overseas

Cat desexing rule tightens

Car show a success

New Minyip officer puts community first

'We are deeply sorry': Historic apology acknowledges school abuse

Jeparit Weir Design and Planning Funding Application

Fifteen years of service recognised

Country duo set to return to Warracknabeal

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