5+ day, 15+ hour ago   (251+ words) The Anglican Parish of Horsham will celebrate 150 years of Christian witness and ministry in the Wimmera next month, with events including a performance by Australian tenor David Hobson. “This is a very special opportunity for me to acknowledge my heritage…...

5+ day, 15+ hour ago   (545+ words) Horsham-based bricklayer Hans Schampers is retiring after 53 years in the industry. He has built homes across the Wimmera as an independent tradesman since the age of 18, and like a true tradesman, he has had many an opportunity to point out…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (705+ words) Ararat Rural City Council has granted outgoing chief executive Tim Harrison temporary authority to award contracts of up to $3-million as the council works to progress its Queen Street Housing Support Project. The site of Ararat’s former Prestige Mill at…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (449+ words) Ararat Rural City residents will help shape a new council disability action plan, with consultation on the plan now open to everyone in the region. The plan will guide how the council improves accessibility and inclusion across its services, facilities,…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (751+ words) Yarriambiack Shire Mayor Andrew McLean and Member for Mildura Jade Benham are demanding the State Government deliver a solution to Hopetoun’s early years services’ ‘crisis’. Following the closure of the Hopetoun childcare service in April 2024 due to provider Uniting Vic…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (627+ words) This Sunday we celebrate the dads in our world with Father’s Day creating an occasion for families to come together and recognise the influence that our papas have played in our lives. Father’s Day can sometimes be a sad occasion…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (604+ words) Australian agriculture finds itself in an interesting position this week. On one hand, new Australian Bureau of Statistics data shows agriculture was the only industry to record a decline in business numbers during 2025-26. On the other, agriculture has the highest…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (760+ words) New research from the Regional Australia Institute, RAI, has found Wimmera-southern Mallee is one of the most productive regions in the country, but the wages, business investment and services that should come with it keep landing elsewhere. The RAI has…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (662+ words) Wimmera Mallee Umpires Association, WMUA, president Amy Stasinowsky has urged players and spectators to behave respectfully – towards umpires and others around them – as football and netball finals action heats up across the region. Wimmera Football Netball League and Horsham District…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (584+ words) Ararat business owners met with Federal Member for Wannon Dan Tehan and Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa-Price to voice concerns about issues affecting small business. Part of a three-day visit across the Wannon electorate, Mr Tehan and Ms Nampijinpa-Price, the shadow minister…...