Riverine Herald

Echuca-Moama golf professional Wilson on par during crisis

JACK Wilson is rarely short of a word. But, like many, the current state of the world has Wilson struggling with the simplest of questions - how are you? “That question doesn’t normally pose such an interesting answer,” he said...

Andrew Johnston

5 hours ago

Have you seen missing Echuca teen?

Ivy Jensen

6 hours ago

Have you seen missing Echuca teen?

Ivy Jensen

6 hours ago

Police search for missing teenager

Police are appealing for public assistance to help locate Dakota Jones. The 14-year-old Echuca girl was last seen on March 4. It is believed she may have been residing with family members at an address in Moama. Police hold concerns for Dakota’s...

Riverine Herald

Seymour’s Tahlia Hope is back in a big way

IF YOU want to know about bad luck, broken bones and/or life-threatening illnesses, just ask Tahlia Hope. At 21, the apprentice jockey has overcome more challenges than some may experience in their entire career. In her three years in the saddle...

Brayden May

10 hours ago

Barmah National Park closes ahead of Easter

Parks Victoria has announced the popular holiday destination Barmah National Park has closed until further notice. As part of the Victorian Government’s campaign to keep people safe from COVID-19, Parks Victoria closed additional parks including...

Spencer Fowler Steen

Goulburn Valley products have AFL Evolution 2 ratings revealed

FOOTBALL’S newest video game AFL Evolution 2 has been released as fans look to fill the gap in their lives which has been ripped out by the coronavirus pandemic. And last week, individual player ratings were revealed online. To say these ratings...

Brayden May

16 hours ago

Police search for missing teenager

Riverine Herald

Seymour’s Tahlia Hope is back in a big way

Brayden May

10 hours ago

Barmah National Park closes ahead of Easter

Spencer Fowler Steen

Goulburn Valley products have AFL Evolution 2 ratings revealed

Brayden May

16 hours ago

Most popular

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

03 Apr 2020

Rickie and his road are poles apart

Nobody was more excited to be a first home-buyer than Rickie Jager — but a light pole in the middle of his driveway could leave him with an estimated $12 000 headache.

James Bennett

Ninth COVID-19 case in Greater Shepparton

Greater Shepparton has another positive diagnosis of COVID-19, taking the total to nine. The Department of Health and Human Services confirmed the ninth case - the only recorded increase in Northern Victoria. “I can confirm there are a number of...

Madi Chwasta

Woman in her 70s died from COVID-19 at GV Health

The patient that died from COVID-19 at Goulburn Valley Health last week was a woman in her 70s.

Madi Chwasta

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

03 Apr 2020

Lifestyle

Meet the owner | Guy Anderson

Guy Anderson can remember his first car for a number of reasons, mainly for the comical way in which he almost lost it one night.

David Chapman

08 Apr 2020

Janelle Barker celebrates her first published book

WHEN Echuca’s Janelle Barker picked up her pen to start writing again, she didn’t realise just how quickly her dreams would come true. In March, Janelle’s book Emotive was published – the first in her career. Remarkably, the...

Brayden May

ERH: We’re now on the COVID-19 frontline

IT STILL does not seem quite real here but Echuca Regional Health is still staring down the barrel at the biggest health crisis in its history. Never before has a pandemic affected life as we know it like coronavirus has. And standing on the...

Ivy Jensen

Birthday celebrations go ahead for Finn

HOW do you celebrate a milestone with all your friends but still keep to the social distancing rules - drive-thru, of course.

Lachlan Durling

31 Mar 2020

Gallery | Echuca Moama Little Athletics celebrates season

ECHUCA MOAMA’S Little Athletics Centre celebrated individual achievements at the club’s presentation day earlier this month.

Brayden May

30 Mar 2020

The results are in and schools are staying positive about NAPLAN

ECHUCA-MOAMA schools produced a mixed bag of results from last year’s NAPLAN testing, but this hasn’t stopped them from keeping their heads up. Following from the public release of the numbers, schools around the district are focusing on...

Alex Gretgrix

01 Apr 2020

Opinion

There was Jacks, now there’s squat | Opinion

TOMORROW is a special day for so many reasons. But in 2020, one of those reasons has been taken away from us by this COVID-19 crisis.

Andrew Johnston

Free as a curve-flattening bird | Opinion

“THE snow melted. We can go outside again!” screams Abe Simpson from the door of the Springfield Retirement Castle A dramatic pause falls over the home and its residents as they stare out to the green grass and sunshine. “I don’t like the...

Andrew Johnston

How now? Kow Swamp in dire need of help | Letters to the editor

IN RESPONSE to your article on the destruction of the Leitchville Lions picnic ground, can I say the Lions Club is a high value recreational area, for communities near and far. Echuca groups frequent the area for day outings, as well as individuals...

Riverine Herald

It’s time for the MDBA to take stock | Letters to the editor

IT WAS great to see Andrew Reynolds, the MDBA’s executive director of river management acknowledging what is commonly understood by those living the reality of poor water management — “Water is scarce, and as river managers we need to store as...

Riverine Herald

There was Jacks, now there’s squat | Opinion

TOMORROW is a special day for so many reasons. But in 2020, one of those reasons has been taken away from us by this COVID-19 crisis.

Andrew Johnston

Free as a curve-flattening bird | Opinion

Andrew Johnston

How now? Kow Swamp in dire need of help | Letters to the editor

Riverine Herald

There was Jacks, now there’s squat | Opinion

TOMORROW is a special day for so many reasons. But in 2020, one of those reasons has been taken away from us by this COVID-19 crisis.

Andrew Johnston

Free as a curve-flattening bird | Opinion

Andrew Johnston

How now? Kow Swamp in dire need of help | Letters to the editor

Riverine Herald

It’s time for the MDBA to take stock | Letters to the editor

Riverine Herald

Virus updates

How we can help each other

By Paul Mole, manager, Benalla Ensign We are all anxious right now. A few months ago, none of us could have imagined a world in which eating dinner at a restaurant, playing a game of footy, or hugging a good friend, would feel like an act from...

Simon Ruppert

7 hours ago

No new cases in Echuca-Moama region

CORONAVIRUS cases have remained stable in the district with two cases in Campaspe Shire, one in the Gannawarra and none recorded for Murray River Shire. There were no new deaths overnight with the total number of cases in Victoria 1228 – an...

Lachlan Durling

10 hours ago

Benalla keeps COVID-19 curve flat with no new cases since Thursday

Benalla Rural City has recorded no new cases of COVID-19 since Thursday, with the total remaining at three.

Simon Ruppert

08 Apr 2020

Galleries

Gallery | Echuca Moama Little Athletics celebrates season

ECHUCA MOAMA’S Little Athletics Centre celebrated individual achievements at the club’s presentation day earlier this month.

Brayden May

30 Mar 2020

Echuca Moama Triathlon Club juniors steal the show

THE youngest members of the Echuca Moama Triathlon Club took to the course last Wednesday for the club’s junior championships. There was plenty to get excited about as the future stars of the sport put their talents on display

Riverine Herald

23 Mar 2020

Rockets conclude soccer program

THE Echuca Moama Rockets concluded their soccer program last Wednesday, finishing with a skills session and game

Riverine Herald

17 Mar 2020

Regional

Easter messages of hope from Shepparton churches

This Easter I pray that you will come to know the peace and hope that every believer in Jesus Christ comes to know. If you want to know more about this everlasting hope write to me at [email protected] org. au

John Lewis

5 hours ago

Campaspe Shire kicks off fox baiting program

CAMPASPE Shire Council has started a three week fox baiting program at Ern Miles Reserve in Kyabram to help protect existing fauna. Acting Regulatory and Community Services general manager Kate Lemon said with an increased number of foxes in the...

Kyabram Free Press

16 hours ago

Benalla Rotarian Wayne Lewis wins Shine On Award

Benalla Rotarian Wayne Lewis has been awarded a prestigious Shine On Award. The award recognises outstanding service by a person living with disability who serves as a shining example to their local community. Benalla Rotarian Bruce Walker said...

Simon Ruppert

5 hours ago

Property of the Week

Super charm, super location, super shed

At a glance Agent: Elders Real Estate. Address: 101 Hughes St, Deniliquin. Price: $239,000 The details: Four bedrooms, one bathrooms, two car spaces. Located in the family friendly South East this spacious four bedroom federation home is full of...

Deniliquin Pastoral Times

Game on for class action

More than 500 landholders have so far joined a Class Action seeking compensation for what is described as mismanagement of water by the Murray Darling Basin Authority, and others are encouraged to sign up now. The Class Action spokesperson and...

Daniel Hughes

Recipes for survival

For Cobram local Bev Fisher being thrifty comes naturally. The gift was inherited by her grandmother who endured Australia’s Great Depression in the 1930s. While Australia is yet to reach a depression, many people have been stripped of money...

Morgan Dyer

Check your smoke alarms

The Country Fire Authority is urging Victorians to check their smoke alarms are in working order. The CFA is concerned some households may not know if their smoke alarm would alert them in the event of a fire. The end of daylight saving is a great...

David Rak

Community House still open, but only for Food Share and computer services

VOLUNTEERS at Rochester Community House would like locals to know they are still open for business, but only for certain services.

Campaspe News

Mitchell Shire encourages residents to access hardship support

MITCHELL Shire Council is encouraging community members to access new hardship support options if they are unable to pay their fourth instalment rate notices due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The notices will be sent out shortly, with...

McIvor Times

Tatura auction goes digital

But the crowd was not gathered outside Tatura’s beautifully renovated Devonleigh House

Jessica Ball

19 hours ago

Local Coronavirus update

As of 11.30am Thursday, April 9 Moira Shire remained at 10 confirmed COVID-19 cases while the Federation Council area remains at seven. No new cases have been recorded in the Murrumbidgee Local Health District for five days running. The total number...

Yarrawonga Chronicle

$8m saleyards grant application

Roofing to cover an area of 19,000sqm of the existing Corowa Saleyards facility is a highlight of Federation Council’s ‘Growing Local Economies’ $7,952,332 grant application to the NSW State Government. Total cost of the project – the many...

Robert Muir

Outside The Box: Top 10 sporting isolation activities

The boring reality of coronavirus-enforced isolation is beginning to hit home — there’s just nothing to do. I’m on that working from home grind, but once that clock hits specifically 5 pm, I’m truly not sure what...

Alex Mitchell

7 hours ago

Rural

MP says coronavirus is a wake-up call

NSW Member for Murray Helen Dalton is hoping the coronavirus will be an opportunity for a reset of values within the parliamentary space when it eventually resumes, at this stage sometime in September. “This has been a wake-up call for us all...

Sophie Baldwin

Water

A return to Canberra for farmers?

If new Federal Water Minister Keith Pitt takes a ‘slowly slowly’ approach to his portfolio, farmers will again be rallying in Canberra, says one water advocacy group.

James Bennett

18 Feb 2020

Animal Health

On-farm milk culturing a growing

MOST MASTITIS is caused by a bacterial infection. However, visual inspection of the milk is not a reliable method for determining which pathogen you might be dealing with. Traditionally, milk samples from infected quarters or a composite sample from...

Dairy News

12 Mar 2020

Market growth for milk sector

Australia’s dairy sector can expect continued growth in demand while overall production will remain flat to 2030 compared to 2018 levels, according to research released by ANZ today. The Milk Run report found that despite recent challenges faced...

Dairy News

12 Mar 2020

Livestock

Lamb jumpers bring a NSW farmer an OAM

It started as a way to keep orphaned lambs warm and has turned into a “phenomenon” that’s brought joy to farmers doing it tough across NSW.

Rodney Woods

01 Feb 2020

Markets

Global dairy prices ease

DAIRY MARKETS have entered 2020 with strong supply and demand fundamentals which are supporting global commodity prices. It has been widely reported the current market is operating in a well-balanced state, with demand marginally ahead of supply...

Dairy News

23 Mar 2020

Ardmona haystack destroyed by fire

A haystack that caught fire in Ardmona was still smouldering more than 24 hours after it ignited last week. About 180 bales in a shed on a Simson Rd property caught fire on Tuesday, March 31, with the hay quickly going up in flames. CFA District 22...

Liz Mellino

Cropping

Rain, rain go away, come again another day

The recent rain across Victoria’s north-east has done more bad than good, according to Agriculture Victoria’s seasonal risk agronomist Dale Grey. Mr Grey said despite 50 mm falling across the region so far this year, it had not improved soil...

Rodney Woods

19 Feb 2020

Dairy

Tatura dairy celebrates healthy success

Tatura dairy farmer Markus Lang has a healthy herd of 2000 cows and attributes his success to VikingGenetics. “It’s uncommon for herds this size not to have more sick cows and the fact that we don’t have a sick herd for the number...

Jamieson Salter

17 Feb 2020

Local businesses adapt to coronavirus situation

Numurkah business Eden Farm Produce is seeing customer numbers almost triple.

Country News

Machinery & Products

Machinery sales take hit in summer

VICTORIAN TRACTOR sales have been the only bright spark in a disappointing January for machinery sales. However, a national survey of dealers has found optimism that current turnover is picking up and will improve in the next six months. The impact...

Dairy News

22 Mar 2020

Management

Preparation key to optimal pastures

WITH HOME-GROWN feed more important than ever Notman Pasture Seeds has prepared a range of pasture planning recommendations to optimise the establishment of rye-grass pastures this season. Notman Pasture Seeds and Walcha Dairy owner Peter Notman...

Dairy News

24 Mar 2020

Water

Farmers call to boycott water rates

For more than half a century, Cohuna’s Russell Crichton has been a proud food producer. But for the first time in all those years, he has joined the ever-lengthening list of farmers unable to pay their Goulburn-Murray Water bill.

Sophie Baldwin

18 Feb 2020

Cropping

Northern Victorian farmers struggle to produce grain yields in tough season

It was a mixed year for GrainCorp harvest takings across Victoria, with the impact of drought taking its toll on northern Victoria and some Mallee farmers. In northern Victoria, Numurkah took in 10 351 tonnes of mostly canola, Dookie...

Rodney Woods

19 Feb 2020

From the Experts

ABV release prompts sire review

The August release of Australian Breeding Values (ABVs) and the upcoming joining season will have dairy farmers around the country thinking about the next best sires to use over their herds. While breeding enthusiasts will delve into great detail...

Dairy News

13 Sep 2019

Changes to VicRoads services

All VicRoads’ light vehicle driving tests, computer-based tests and medical review driving assessments have been suspended to limit the spread of coronavirus as of March 25.

Country News

National & world

National

NSW mentally ill man not guilty of murder

A NSW man who stabbed his father to death has been found not guilty by way of a special verdict because he was found to be mentally ill.

AAP Newswire

7 hours ago

Finance

S&P: 1 in 3 chance of Aust downgrade

Australia has a one in three chance of losing its AAA rating, Standard and Poor’s says, but much depends on how it manages its huge, coronavirus-fuelled debt.

AAP Newswire