5+ day, 5+ hour ago   (396+ words) Goroke’s Nikiesha Pilgrim is this year’s Australian Swim Schools Association, ASSA, National Gold Water Safety Champion, named for her drive to enable children to access swimming lessons. Ms Pilgrim, who manages West Wimmera’s Edenhope and Goroke swimming pools and teaches…...

5+ day, 8+ hour ago   (131+ words) WELCOME: Men’s Sheds across the state are opening their doors during the annual Men’s Shed Week, which started Monday, welcoming men to call in and have a cuppa. Men’s Sheds are designed to create supportive environments unique to their own…...

5+ day, 8+ hour ago   (685+ words) In windy conditions at Stawell, Horsham Saints put on a dominant display in the second semi-final to earn their place in the Wimmera league A Grade grand final. The Saints won 78-35 over Dimboola after showing serious scoreboard dominance in each…...

5+ day, 8+ hour ago   (684+ words) A confirmed case of HPAI bird flu has been detected in Edenhope. Agriculture Victoria confirmed the case was detected in a bird categorised as a ‘gull, tern and noddy’, and was investigated on August 24. It is the first confirmed case…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (261+ words) Horsham Calisthenics College’s intermediate group won the reserve aggregate in the college’s annual four-day competition last week. The Thursday-to-Sunday event attracted competitors from across western Victoria and South Australia, with about 400 entrants from the age of four years taking to…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (360+ words) A Wimmera sheep farmer has been fined $15,000 without conviction at Horsham Magistrate’s Court in relation to four animal cruelty charges. Adrian Schwarz, of Wallup, was also ordered to pay $301.53 in costs after he was prosecuted in relation to 11 individual sheep…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (1041+ words) After six exciting semi-final matches played at Kaniva on Saturday, one team in each of the Wimmera Hockey Association’s divisions has confirmed a place in its respective grand final. Two others are still in the premiership race and must face-off…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (357+ words) The smell of smoke, sound of live blues and pull of a slow-cooked barbecue will take over Halls Gap this Father’s Day weekend, as the inaugural Grampians Barbecue Festival makes its debut from Friday to Sunday. Designed as a new…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (291+ words) Stawell-based jockey Linda Meech had a day out at the Sheep Hills Cup at Warracknabeal on Saturday, posting three wins including the $30,000 feature race. Meech guided seven-year-old gelding Tykemison to victory by three quarters of a length in the 2000m cup…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (223+ words) Horsham Sharks swimmers Matilda Delahunty, Abel Neumann and Grace Sansom competed in the 2026 South Australian Short Course State Championships at the weekend. The trio achieved multiple personal-best times, with Sansom finishing in the top-10 in all three of her events....