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Transforming a Trawool treasure

The year was 1989; Bob Hawke was Prime Minister, Madonna’s Like A Prayer topped the charts and The Trawool Estate was the place to be. A younger Wes Old remembers it as a thriving oasis. “It was the duck’s guts coming out here,”...

Jessica Ball
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People power sees Shepparton raise $100 000 for bushfire relief

Shepparton has demonstrated its generous spirit after a bushfire relief event raised $100 000 for fire-affected areas. Organising group spokesperson Carmel Johnson said the fundraiser at The Woolshed at Emerald Bank on Thursday night sold...

Madi Chwasta
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Shepparton men sentenced over Caniambo home burglary

The family of a Shepparton man charged over a burglary at a Caniambo home wept in court on Thursday as he was handed his jail sentence. Mark Threlfall, 60, was sentenced to six months’ jail and placed on a 12-month community corrections order...

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Two men arrested over Shepparton business burglaries

Two people were arrested in Shepparton on Friday night following a number of alleged burglaries around town. Shepparton Police Detective Senior Constable Jacob Sinclair confirmed two males, both of no fixed address, were arrested in relation to...

Liz Mellino
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Wendy Lovell taken to VCAT over super school documents

Wendy Lovell says she has the “upper hand” at a February Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal hearing to determine if the Victorian Government must release information regarding risks involved with Greater Shepparton Secondary College that...

James Bennett
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Shepparton mother breaks silence about son’s suicide

Seventeen years after losing her son to suicide, Shepparton’s Mary Anderson still wonders what more could have been done. Her son, Brendan, was kind, fun and social but he also battled with a “pain in his head” and at 26, the day...

Morgan Dyer
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‘I feel like I have been reborn in Australia’

Safety, security and a renewed faith in humanity have come into Corine Rebecca Muchinya’s life since she and her three-year-old son Benedict James Bwihambi arrived in Shepparton.

Ilias Bakalla
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Euroa man pleads guilty to sexual assaults he ‘can’t remember’

A man who sexually assaulted his daughter, a partner’s daughter and one of his daughter’s friends will have to await his fate after a judge deferred his sentence.

Monique Preston
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Shepparton man identified as victim of fatal crash

A 33-year-old Shepparton man has been identified as the victim of Monday’s fatal collision in Arcadia.

Liz Mellino
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Shepparton couple helping those with a need for feed

Shepparton couple Katrina Aloe and Shawn Frappell have been transporting truckloads of hay to fire-affected farmers in the upper Murray region. Ms Aloe and Mr Frappell, from S & K Oaten Hay, have been donating their own hay and collecting more...

Spencer Fowler Steen
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CFA “happy” with plans to improve parks access to help battle bushfires

Conversations have started to ensure parks in the Shepparton district are safe to access in the event of a bushfire. CFA District 22 Operations Manager Tony Owen said there had been positive dialogue between the CFA, Department of Environment, Land...

Ed McLeish
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Storm hits Shepparton causing thousands in damages

Rain and thunderstorms caused damage and disruption in the Greater Shepparton area this week, prompting dozens of calls for help to emergency services. State Emergency Services said most of the calls in Shepparton related to damage to buildings...

Spencer Fowler Steen
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Fatal collision in Arcadia

A driver has died following a collision with a truck in Arcadia this morning.

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Shepparton residents urged to brace for power outages

Shepparton residents are being urged to prepare for power outages, with more storms and heavy rainfall forecast for this afternoon.

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Police investigating two suspicious house fires

Shepparton police are investigating two suspicious house fires which occurred in town last week.

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Government must fund our CFA, says Maxwell

Don’t get them to fundraise for their own equipment — just fully fund them. That’s the message Member for Northern Victoria Tania Maxwell is sending the Victorian Government, which requires CFA volunteer brigades to raise money for part of the...

James Bennett
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Friends through thick and thin

From the outside, pals Kai Trevaskis and Oliver White look like your average fun-loving friendship story. They tear around at the park, revelling in each other’s company while leaving no blade of grass untrampled, just as any five-year-olds...

Liam Nash
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Marley the gentle giant turns heads in the street and online

“We named him Marley ‘cause he looks like the dog from Marley and Me

Ilias Bakalla

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Shepparton man identified as victim of fatal crash

A 33-year-old Shepparton man has been identified as the victim of Monday’s fatal collision in Arcadia.

Liz Mellino
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Fatal collision in Arcadia

A driver has died following a collision with a truck in Arcadia this morning.

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Hume Freeway closed, near Wangaratta

The Hume Freeway is closed towards Melbourne, just outside of Wangaratta, due to a truck rollover. Emergency services are on site. Motorists are advised to detour at the Great Alpine road exit to get back on to the Hume Freeway. Northbound lanes...

Simon Ruppert
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23 with three months to live

“The year looked so promising for me.“ This is how Johnathon Bentancourt saw his future before doctors told him he had just a few months left to live.

Morgan Dyer