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Number of COVID-19 cases in Goulburn Murray steadies

Despite a Greater Shepparton woman dying from COVID-19 on Friday, the total number of confirmed cases has remained at eight since Wednesday. Moira Shire and its NSW neighbour, Berrigan Shire, are the only two close municipalities to have experienced...

Shepparton News

04 Apr 2020

Hurley’s Bar and Bistro’s delivery model a huge success

WHEN the Victorian Government announced the shutdown of non-essential services last month in a desperate bid to curb the spread of COVID-19, Hurley’s Bar and Bistro on Allan St saw its clientele of 1200 a week immediately plummet to zero. And...

Jared Prestwidge

Hurley’s Bar and Bistro’s delivery model a huge success

Jared Prestwidge

GV Health COVID-19 patient dies

GV Health have confirmed that a person being treated for COVID-19 at the hospital has died.

Shepparton News

Second COVID-19 case for Campaspe tally

This takes the total number of cases in Victoria to 1085 – an increase of 49 from yesterday.

Lachlan Durling

Rushworth streetscape project delayed

CAMPASPE Shire announced today that the Rushworth streetscape project - works in High Street, between Bendigo Murchison Road and Wigg Street - have been delayed. Infrastructure Services general manager Jason Deller said the locations of water mains...

Kyabram Free Press

Workers wanted to fill food processing labour demand

SPECIALIST recruitment and workforce management company, Food Industry People Group (FIPG) has issued an SOS for local workers in Tongala and district looking for employment. According to FIPG, the COVID-19 crisis has opened unexpected employment...

Kyabram Free Press

01 Apr 2020

Warren Ratcliffe and his lifelong love of the chopper

The exaggeration was never more evident than in the poster hanging in Warren’s shed of Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper riding on the highway on their Harley-Davidson choppers in the 1969 counterculture movie Easy Rider

Kyabram Free Press

02 Apr 2020

B-double carrying 50 hay bales bursts into flames at Lancaster

MULTIPLE emergency services vehicles were called to Hogan Rd, Lancaster last night after a B-double carrying about 50 hay bales burst into flames. 10 CFA units from Kyabram, Moroopna, Undera and Shepparton responded to the blaze at 8pm, which was...

Kyabram Free Press

02 Apr 2020

Kyabram East Timor project in limbo due to COVID-19

THE Kyabram East Timor project has had its operations stalled by the latest coronavirus restrictions. The project’s April container, filled with a variety of homemade garments, was unable to be shipped to its destination in Timor Leste, which...

Jared Prestwidge

02 Apr 2020

Surge in family violence expected in wake of coronavirus pandemic

Self-isolation and social distancing might seem like a daunting, lonely road. For many, it will be a living hell. Victims of domestic violence could be trapped with their abusers as Kyabram and district prepares for a state-wide lockdown due to...

Charmayne Allison

01 Apr 2020

KCLC offering support to residents in self-isolation

HAS self-isolation taken a toll on you and your family? Then be sure to check your letterbox and you might find a much-needed helping hand.

Jared Prestwidge

Kyabram couple stranded in India

TWO Kyabram residents have found themselves stranded in India with no way home, due to the country’s enforced lockdown in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Jared Prestwidge

Limited flu vaccinations available

Campaspe Shire Council will be offering free flu vaccinations from this week to young children (aged 6 months to under 5 years), residents over 65 years and eligible ‘at risk’ people only. Acting regulatory and community services general...

Kyabram Free Press

Corop to UK: married couple separated by coronavirus

THANK goodness for technology. Husband and wife Haylee and Michael Barnes are separated by almost 17,000km and have no idea when they’ll see each other again.

Ivy Jensen

2020 Tidy Towns Awards applications now open

ARE you contributing to managing litter or reducing waste in your neighbourhood or town? Does your initiative help inspire or empower your community? Have you embarked on a project that is preventing damage to or restoring the natural environment?...

Kyabram Free Press

Tongala resident reveals key to success when working from home

DURING the past few months, the spread of the coronavirus has forced people to make a lot of unexpected changes to their daily lives. Tongala’s Tanya Hesson was in that boat two years ago.

Jared Prestwidge