EDITOR'S PICKS

Security in focus as surgeon killer jailed

Calls for strengthened security at hospitals to protect staff from violence have followed the jailing of a man for killing a surgeon at a Melbourne hospital.

AAP Newswire

sport

Rennie Netball

Tocumwal was the venue for this round. Ideal conditions prevailed as the Hoppers anticipated some good competition on the netball courts. A Grade Rennie 38 defeated by Tocumwal 50 Awards: Yarrawonga Hotel - Tessa Sexton Terminus Hotel – Eliz...

Yarrawonga Chronicle

Ganna gets cash for floods

FLOOD mitigation works at Quambatook and a study into flood mitigation measures at Koondrook are set to occur thanks to a successful grant application.

Riverine Herald

42 minutes ago

West Corurgan celebrates 50 years

The West Corurgan private irrigation scheme celebrated its 50th anniversary at their original pumps sight in Corowa on Friday. Close to a hundred people gathered at the original sight for a luncheon, and to hear board members of past and present...

Yarrawonga Chronicle

West Corurgan celebrates 50 years

Yarrawonga Chronicle

Aust DJ pleads not guilty to kidnapping

Roscoe Holyoake was arrested by concerned citizens who saw him allegedly pick up a two-year-old boy on a San Francisco street.

AAP Newswire

Easter flows will depend on weather and demand

The Murray–Darling Basin Authority (MDBA) is reminding river users that River Murray levels downstream of Hume Dam are weather dependant and could be low or similar to current levels depending on where you are on the river this Easter and school...

Yarrawonga Chronicle

Authority calls out bullying

Growing tensions about the Murray-Darling Basin Plan have led to ‘‘disrespectful behaviour and even bullying’’ in communities according to the Murray-Darling Basin Authority.

Country News

Finance

Life360 launches $145m Australian IPO

US family tracking app operator Life360 has launched a $145 million initial public offering in Australia.

AAP Newswire

Aust DJ pleads not guilty to kidnapping

Roscoe Holyoake was arrested by concerned citizens who saw him allegedly pick up a two-year-old boy on a San Francisco street.

AAP Newswire

Easter flows will depend on weather and demand

Yarrawonga Chronicle

Authority calls out bullying

Growing tensions about the Murray-Darling Basin Plan have led to ‘‘disrespectful behaviour and even bullying’’ in communities according to the Murray-Darling Basin Authority.

Country News

Finance

Life360 launches $145m Australian IPO

US family tracking app operator Life360 has launched a $145 million initial public offering in Australia.

AAP Newswire

Most popular

Two years jail for terrifying knife attack and home invasion

A KNIFE-WIELDING burglar who terrified an Echuca couple during a violent home invasion will spend at least two years in jail.

Riverine Herald

15 Apr 2019

Lifestyle

Surgeons had to put our little man back together

Levi was a first child for Tahlia and Leigh West and everything seemed to be going so well. Until Tahlia went into labour. Senior writer IVY JENSEN talked with the couple about the day their world turned upside down and how lucky they feel to have their little man home with them

Riverine Herald

Dairy

Withhold supply to get fair milk price, says Strathmerton dairy farmer

Dairy farmers have one bargaining chip.

Country News

My Kitchen Rules couple visit the Goulburn Valley

My Kitchen Rules contestants Mick and Jodie-Anne Barlow have teamed up with Ardmona orchardist Rocky Varapodio to support the Royal Children’s Hospital Good Friday Appeal.

Madeleine Caccianiga

Two cars were stolen from Moama only three days apart

POLICE are investigating after two cars were stolen from Moama within three days of each other last week.

Riverine Herald

Greater Shepparton Foundation established

A new philanthropic organisation will oversee funding for areas of disadvantage in the Shepparton district.

John Lewis

19 hours ago

Vinnies Mulwala now open

A new St Vincent De Paul shop is now open seven days a week at 47 Melbourne Street Mulwala. The new shop is the first in the South-West/Murray region and will raise funds to directly support people in the local Mulwala community. The official...

Yarrawonga Chronicle

Dad snatches toddler son from dingo’s jaws

A father has rescued his toddler son from a dingo that was dragging him off into the bush on Fraser Island in Queensland.

AAP Newswire

Galleries

Collingwood stars visit the Goulburn Valley

1. Bella Woods.

Shepparton News

Officer heard ‘thump’ before Damond shot

Officer Matthew Harrity says he had a “weird feeling” and heard a thump on his police vehicle before partner Mohamed Noor opened fire on Justine Damond.

AAP Newswire

Freedom focus on premium products

While industry chatter pointed towards a potential bid for Lion Dairy and Drinks, Freedom Foods managing director Rory Macleod has actually set the company’s sights much further from home. Freedom Foods is seeking to become a bigger player in the...

Dairy News

12 minutes ago

Local

West Corurgan celebrates 50 years

Yarrawonga Chronicle

Easter flows will depend on weather and demand

Yarrawonga Chronicle

sport

Rennie Netball

Yarrawonga Chronicle

Yarrawonga-Mulwala RSL Sub-Branch raising vital funds for our heroes RSL ANZAC Appeal organisers at more than 200 Sub-Branches throughout Victoria are gearing up for the 2019 ANZAC Appeal. Yarrawonga-Mulwala RSL Sub-Branch President Ian Summers...

Yarrawonga Chronicle

The Flowerdale Community Market is held on the third Sunday of every month from 9:00am to 1:00pm. The Market is located at the Flowerdale Hall at 3380 Whittlesea-Yea Road, Flowerdale, Victoria. You can enjoy a delicious devonshire tea or some hot...

Simone Dunne

21 Apr

Pop in and have your say

Beginning this Thursday Moira Shire staff will be onsite at the Yarrawonga Town Hall to hear ideas and feedback on the current proposals for redeveloping the town hall precinct. Moira Shire Mayor Libro Mustica said the sessions were part of a broad...

Yarrawonga Chronicle

sport

Pigeons fall to rejuvenated Raiders

Senior SCORES Wodonga Raiders 2.3 8.10 9.13 14.16 100 Yarrawonga Pigeons 2.2 2.5 4.10 8.15 63 Goals: Yarrawonga: Bailey Frauenfelder 3, Ned Mullins 2, Brandon Symes 1, William Gorman 1, Scott Oswald 1. Wodonga Raiders: Connor Newnham 3, Brodie Filo...

Yarrawonga Chronicle

Real Estate

Find your place

For Sale | $410,000

15 Coco Crescent, Yarrawonga

For Sale | $825,000 - $907,000

59 Anchorage Way, Yarrawonga

For Sale | $329,000

34 Robinson Way, Yarrawonga

Ganna gets cash for floods

FLOOD mitigation works at Quambatook and a study into flood mitigation measures at Koondrook are set to occur thanks to a successful grant application.

Riverine Herald

42 minutes ago

Healthy eating program was a hit in local schools

Did you know that only five per cent of New South Wales children are eating enough vegetables?

Southern Riverina News

17 hours ago

Failure to act angers farmers

Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack infuriated Southern Riverina farmers with comments about a water rally in Albury.

Cobram Courier

Australia Day expressions of interest wanted

Mitchell Shire is seeking expressions of interest from community organisations to host the 2020 Australia Day celebrations.

Seymour Telegraph

12 minutes ago

Glide into Strathallan says group

THE Echuca Kanyapella Landcare Group is encouraging people in the twin towns to make a trip to visit the Strathallan Glider Sanctuary after a recent tour there.

Campaspe News

O’K, we’re ready for the O’Keefe Challenge

THE MARATHON is the monster of running events.

Vanessa Wiltshire

Young and old learn about bats

Nearly 200 locals have flocked to Tatura’s Cussen Park to learn about bats.

Tatura Guardian

Easter buzz

There’s always a buzz around Deniliquin and district at Easter, and with the sheer number of community events on offer it’s not hard to see why.

Deniliquin Pastoral Times

42 minutes ago

Corowa-Wahgunyah Good Friday Appeal receives massive boost

The 2019 Good Friday Appeal tally for Corowa-Wahgunyah has received a massive boost thanks to the generosity of local farmers and stock agents, with close to $13,000 being raised through a sheep drive at the Corowa saleyards on Monday. Steve...

Corowa Free Press

18 Apr 2019

Sport

FFA Cup: Casey Comets v GV Suns preview

Four Goulburn Valley Suns youngsters could be in line for some action when the Orangemen begin their FFA Cup tonight.

Alex Mitchell

20 hours ago

Rural

Authority calls out bullying

Growing tensions about the Murray-Darling Basin Plan have led to ‘‘disrespectful behaviour and even bullying’’ in communities according to the Murray-Darling Basin Authority.

Country News

Water

$70m for river

The Federal Government has committed $70million to improve the health of the Darling River and prevent further mass fish kills.

Country News

16 hours ago

Animal Health

Proof how critical calf care is

Half of a cow’s lifetime height and growth is achieved in the first six months of its life, according to a visiting American calf-rearing specialist. David Kuehnel was raised on a family farm in Wisconsin, which reared 1200 specially-fed veal...

Dairy News

Freedom focus on premium products

Dairy News

12 minutes ago

Livestock

Calls for input to reference group

DataGene is on the lookout for dairy farmers who keep meticulous records to join Ginfo, the industry’s national reference group for genetic information.

Country News

Markets

The rise of dairy alternative drinks in Australian supermarkets

Australians love dairy products and consume more dairy per capita than most other developed countries. In 2018 Australians drank close to 102 litres of milk per person with a proportion accounted for in coffees. More recently there has been an...

Sofia Omstedt

Thousands travel to the region’s silo art trail

In past years it would have been rare to see a traffic jam in the country towns of Goorambat, Devenish and St James, but with thousands of visitors travelling to see the towns’ silo art, it was a welcome occurrence.

Alana Christensen

18 Apr 2019

Horticulture

Horticulture code changes in place, despite grower opposition

Changes to the Horticulture Code officially came into effect on Monday, despite widespread opposition from the industry.

Country News

16 Apr 2019

Dairy

Withhold supply to get fair milk price, says Strathmerton dairy farmer

Dairy farmers have one bargaining chip.

Country News

Working Dogs

Three legs just as good

How did he lose his leg?

Country News

Machinery & Products

For sale: wear and tear on patience

Buying things is easy, most of the time. Not as easy as it should be, of course. I for one have had far too many experiences along the lines of “Sorry mate, is me coming here to spend my money at your establishment an inconvenience to you?” In...

John Droppert

Management

Spot on with grazing management

Jan Giliam focuses on grazing management and benchmarks profit by how much of that home-grown pasture feeds his milking herd. To do that, he relies on an annual rainfall of about 1000 mm to produce grass and 2000 wrapped bales of pasture silage. He...

Jeanette Severs

Water

Water battle between dairy farmers and almond growers intensifies

Northern Victorian dairy farmers are increasingly competing for water directly with almond plantations downstream, with water use by Lower Murray Water diverters more than doubling to 429Gl in the past 15 years.

Country News

Cropping

Avoid disease

Grain growers are being urged to use the new cereal and pulse disease guides when planning for the control of crop diseases this season.

Country News

16 Apr 2019

From the Experts

Summer heat advice

PROVIDING LIVESTOCK with shade and water during extreme heat is ‘‘paramount’’ according to an owner of a northern Victorian veterinary practice. Keith Fletcher, of Rochester Veterinary Practice, provided some tips on the best way to handle...

Dairy News

18 Feb 2019

Activists condemned

A meat industry leader has called vegans’ nationally co-ordinated trespass ‘‘an attack on regional Australia’’ and says it was harmful to anyone working in the $22billion sector.

Country News

National & World

Security in focus as surgeon killer jailed

Calls for strengthened security at hospitals to protect staff from violence have followed the jailing of a man for killing a surgeon at a Melbourne hospital.

AAP Newswire

Finance

Life360 launches $145m Australian IPO

US family tracking app operator Life360 has launched a $145 million initial public offering in Australia.

AAP Newswire

Aust DJ pleads not guilty to kidnapping

Roscoe Holyoake was arrested by concerned citizens who saw him allegedly pick up a two-year-old boy on a San Francisco street.

AAP Newswire

Officer heard ‘thump’ before Damond shot

Officer Matthew Harrity says he had a “weird feeling” and heard a thump on his police vehicle before partner Mohamed Noor opened fire on Justine Damond.

AAP Newswire

Horse Racing

Zahra loses suspension and fine appeal

Jockey Mark Zahra has lost his appeal against the severity of a 25-meeting suspension and $3800 fine for careless riding in a race at Randwick.

AAP Newswire

15 hours ago

AFL

Pies’ slick AFL victory pleases Buckley

Things started to click for Collingwood in the AFL as they doubled Brisbane’s score to send the Lions crashing back to ground at the Gabba.

AAP Newswire

5 hours ago

Dad snatches toddler son from dingo’s jaws

A father has rescued his toddler son from a dingo that was dragging him off into the bush on Fraser Island in Queensland.

AAP Newswire

Entertainment

Elvis Presley’s private jet up for sale

Hound Dog, a private jet once owned by music legend Elvis Presley, may no longer look high class but is still attracting attention in a disused corner of an airfield in New Mexico where it is up for sale. The Lockheed Jetstar, once a favourite among...

AAP Newswire

26 Jun 2018