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Building the brand
COL Gowers Homes has been awarded five wins at the HIA Northern Victorian Regional Housing Awards.The family-owned businesses cleaned up in a host of categories,…
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Call out for active youth
SUNRAYSIA Mallee Ethnic Communities Council is seeking young people from refugee backgrounds to take part in a digital story-telling project.Participants will work with SMECC to…
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Eight-year murder riddle
ONLY those few Mallee Cliffs residents or the odd person looking for a quiet camping spot beside the Murray River would have any need to…
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Hot days see water use rise
THE warm weather Sunraysia experienced at the weekend saw a noticeable difference in water usage. Lower Murray Water communications manager Leesa Merrett took extra notice,…
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Real ‘Show’ and tell
THE Mildura Show has been and always will be an important event in Linley Garraway’s life. The Merbein resident was only 18 months old when…
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Hats on for fighter
AFTER spending the majority of his life dealing with intense headaches, Rene Zeitzen eventually got the answer he had been searching for.On August 13, just…
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Vandals on notice
DARETON police have vowed to crackdown on malicious property damage after a spate of incidents in the region over recent weeks. Of note was the vandalism…
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Is fishing’s future on tenterhooks? Lake project may come back to bite
VAS Saris remembers growing up on the Murray River, wiling away the days fishing with his father.One of his daughters, Thea, 7, is just starting…
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Thorburn is no fan of precinct
A MILDURA councillor has labelled the Mildura South Regional Sporting precinct “a noose around the neck of the community”, as the project’s final development plan…
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Culinary stars
Competition was fierce at the 2017 Aus-Tafe Culinary Trophy this week in Melbourne.With only a handful of medals handed out, SuniTAFE hospitality teacher Peter Webley…
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At the ready
THE Millewa Pioneer Park will hold its annual open day this Sunday.The Millewa region was initially established as a farming district, opening for settlement in…
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Terror spree in Manangatang
A MAN who “terrorised” Manangatang and smashed the front door of its police station faces a lengthy ban from returning to the Mallee town.Leonard Gordon…











