Council to take charge of kindergartens
The West Wimmera Shire in western Victoria says it hopes to take full control of three kindergartens in the municipality by September.
View ArticleHealth service says financial position sound
A Wimmera health service in western Victoria is brushing off concern about its wellbeing, saying it is in a sound financial position.
View ArticleTelstra should boost west Wimmera coverage: Nationals
The National party says it is disappointed that Telstra is not the company planning to build three new mobile phone towers in the west Wimmera.
View ArticleMan to front court over home invasion
A 33-year-old Goroke man has been charged after a home invasion on Saturday night.
View ArticleMan charged with Goroke home assault
A Goroke man has been placed on a community based order after pleading guilty to assault charges.
View ArticleMan arrested over Goroke death
Police have arrested a 47-year-old Apsley man in connection with the death of a woman at Goroke, west of Horsham, last night.
View ArticleMan charged over Victorian woman's murder
A 47-year-old man has been charged over the murder of a woman at Goroke in the Victoria's west.
View ArticleFire threat increases as temperatures soar
Victorian fire crews are hoping containment lines around several large fires will hold in hot and windy conditions today.
View ArticleBlampied grassfire contained
The CFA says it has contained a grassfire at Blampied, near Daylesford in central Victoria.
View ArticleShire ponders greywater fix options
The West Wimmera Shire is considering how to tackle the botched installation of its greywater management systems at Goroke.
View ArticleMore talks planned on Goroke sewerage
Grampians Wimmera Mallee (GWM) Water says it will meet the West Wimmera Shire to discuss 'sewering' the town of Goroke.
View ArticleTravel ban for health staff amid heatwave
The West Wimmera Health Service says it wants to protect staff and patients from unnecessary travel in this week's hot weather.
View ArticleRFDS mobile dental care expands into Wimmera
The Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) is expanding its mobile dental care to the Wimmera next week.
View ArticleReport reveals West Wimmera Shire's spending on faulty grey water pumps
West Wimmera Shire staff say the council has an ongoing responsibility to repair faulty grey water systems that were installed several years ago.
View ArticleVictorian Government explains Wimmera portable classrooms loss
Victoria's Department of Education says portable classrooms at some schools in the Wimmera were removed because they were not needed.
View ArticleMan escapes jail over 'cruel' shooting, beating deaths of kangaroos
A Victorian man escapes jail after shooting and then beating two kangaroos to death at Goroke, in the state's west.
View ArticleAustralia's premier candidate for the Nobel Prize for Literature has decided...
Gerald Murnane's career is on the upswing and the New York Times describes him as "the greatest living English-language writer most people have never heard of", but at age 80 he is no longer writing...
View Article'Just not viable': Football, netball clubs concerned about a season without fans
The consensus across football and netball clubs in the west and north-west of Victoria is the season should only start if fans are allowed to attend games.
View ArticleVictoria-SA border clubs welcome relaxing of travel restrictions for...
South Australia Police's confirmation that cross-border sportspeople can now cross for the purpose of organised sport is something extra to celebrate.
View ArticleGoroke accident victim's name released
The name of a woman killed in a car accident west of Horsham at the weekend has been released.
View ArticleGovernment can't afford promised police: Oppn
The Victorian Opposition says the Government has made no budget provisions for more than a dozen new small police stations promised for western Victoria.
View ArticleApex club seeks Goroke accommodation funds
The Goroke Apex Club will apply for a series of Victorian Government grants to fix a chronic shortage of temporary accommodation in the town.
View ArticleMayor asked to apologise for 'deeply upsetting' comments after council votes...
The West Wimmera Shire rejects a proposal to fly the rainbow flag for IDAHOBIT, with the Mayor saying council's role is not one of "moral judgement".
View ArticleRainbow flags to fly high in regional towns after council's backflip on...
A council in western Victoria will now permit the rainbow flag to fly from council poles in the shire's major towns following a community backlash over the mayor's comments.
View ArticleThis council wants its CEO to be able to reject media requests
A Melbourne University researcher has labelled a proposed media relations policy "undemocratic" but this regional Victorian mayor has defended the plan, insisting it is about preventing "misuse" of...
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