COVID exposures threaten Christmas plans in north-west Victoria
Wimmera aged care residents have ben placed in isolation, while the number of COVID cases in Robinvale is expected to rise.
View ArticleTwo charged as police work to 'close loop' after small-town ram raid
Police have arrested and charged two Melbourne men over a ram raid on the only supermarket in a small Victorian town last year.
View ArticleMisunderstanding during shortened AFL season led to 'devastating' fine for...
Dimboola Football Netball Club is fined $10,000 after not understanding that its annual salary cap would be adjusted on a per-game basis in Victoria's COVID-affected 2021 season, the club president says.
View Article'Blown away': Family reunited with 100-year-old World War I medal ahead of...
A century after it was lost, a World War I medal is returned to the family of the Aboriginal soldier it belonged to in Victoria.
View ArticleSteampunk festival exceeds popular expectations as it re-imagines a more...
Thousands have attended the inaugural Wimmera Steampunk Festival showcasing costumes, vintage cars, live music, and flash mobs that explore an alternate history inspired by a 19th century aesthetic.
View ArticleSteampunk festival exceeds expectations
The western Victorian wheatbelt town of Dimboola is unrecognisable as it’s transformed by its first ever steampunk festival.
View ArticleLarge hail, dozens of lightning strikes wreak havoc in Victoria
People are being urged to stay off the roads as wild weather tears through parts of the state, knocking out electricity and damaging properties.
View ArticleWimmera Mallee News managing editor retires but business to stay in family
David Ward arrived at the Wimmera Mallee News for what was intended to be few weeks in his early 20s to help his father, whose eyesight was failing. Four decades later, he is handing the reins to his son.
View ArticleWimmera river regatta returns — with a twist — to thrill locals
After a two-year hiatus caused by the pandemic, a popular canoe race has returned — but something is very different about this year's edition as the swollen river forces paddlers onto dry land.
View ArticleWimmera canoe race on land helps the Indigenous community reconnect
The Wimmera River Challenge is back in 2022 but with a twist.
View Article"Tragic accident": Company to face court after farmhand electrocuted at...
A 29-year-old worker died on a feedlot in the Wimmera region in 2020 after a telehandler he was operating came into contact with overhead powerlines.
View ArticleAged care legislation makes small, community aged care facility untenantable
A western Victorian aged care facility will close and force its residents, some of whom have lived there for decades, to find new homes.
View Article'One size fits all' model of aged care is failing regional towns
The western Victoria community of Dimboola petitions for an urgent fix to aged care laws and standards in the regions to save their elderly care home.
View Article'Nervous times' as aged care facilities scramble to find staff ahead of...
Many regional aged care facilities are failing to attract staff to meet a requirement to have a registered nurse on site 24 hours a day, seven days a week from mid-next year.
View ArticleHomicide squad investigating suspicious death in western Victoria
Homicide Squad detectives are investigating the death of a 71-year-old man in Dimboola.
View ArticleThis small town just lost its only aged care facility, and it might be joined...
All 11 residents at the western Victorian aged care home have been relocated ahead of its closure today, but the peak body warns new staffing rules to come into play from July will put pressure on...
View ArticleTwo people charged with murder following death of Dimboola man
Police charge two people with murder following the death of a 71-year-old man in Dimboola in Western Victoria last month.
View ArticleTwo people charged with alleged murder after death of Dimboola man
A 42-year-old woman charged with the alleged murder of a Victorian man has faced court after being discharged from hospital earlier this week.
View ArticleHow this young Indigenous artist is taking inspiration from anime and manga...
Yama Harradine has always had a passion for animation and he now channels that inspiration to showcase subjects and issues close to his heart.
View ArticleThe world of steampunk cosplay celebrates the best of the Victorian era while...
Steampunk conjures up images of 19th-century top hats, corsets, petticoats, and aviator goggles, but its followers say underneath the surface it's so much more.
View ArticleMiniature goat yoga brings stress release and 'so much joy' to small country...
In an offbeat way to relax and find inner calm, these yogis are enjoying baby goat cuddles, "lots of laughing" and even a few "nibbles" in between their poses.
View ArticleBaby goat yoga in a paddock in western Victoria
Goat breeder Bec Walker and yoga instructor Janelle Inkster host baby goat yoga in a paddock of flowering canola.
View ArticleBeef producer fined $140,000 after farmhand electrocuted while stacking hay
Adrian Wilde, 29, was working at the cattle feedlot in western Victoria when the telehandler boom attached to his truck made contact with powerlines.
View ArticleWhat happens to Aussie towns when Hollywood moves on?
Clunes in Victoria hides its fictional alter ego well with a main street lined with bookshops, quaint cafes, and electric vehicles. It's one of numerous country towns that have had a brush with Hollywood.
View ArticleThis endangered butterfly is a fussy eater, so a nursery is helping grow its...
A Victorian plant nursery is growing a native shrub to help expand the habitat of the golden-rayed blue butterfly, found exclusively in western Victoria.
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