Shepp News

Green bin waste rates down

It’s not a load of rubbish. Green bin contamination rates were at their lowest last month. Greater Shepparton records show June held a rate of 0.90 per cent, the most economic month since green-bin annals were established nearly five years ago. With...

Shepparton News

Galleries unite for NAIDOC exhibition

The exhibition is centred on this year’s NAIDOC theme, Always Was, Always Will Be

Charmayne Allison

Man hospitalised after single-vehicle collision in Shepparton

A man in his late teens was taken to hospital following a single-vehicle collision in Shepparton on Thursday afternoon. Police and Fire Rescue Victoria crews were called to Wyndham St, near the Balaclava Rd intersection, just before 5.30 pm...

Liz Mellino

Man hospitalised after single-vehicle collision in Shepparton

A man in his late teens was taken to hospital following a single-vehicle collision in Shepparton on Thursday afternoon. Police and Fire Rescue Victoria crews were called to Wyndham St, near the Balaclava Rd intersection, just before 5.30 pm...

Liz Mellino

Police urge Shepparton motorists to slow down at roadwork sites

Shepparton Highway Patrol is urging drivers to slow down when traveling through roadworks or construction sites around down. The reminder comes following the establishment of multiple work sites around Shepparton during the past fortnight, with...

Liz Mellino

New active COVID-19 case in Greater Shepparton

Greater Shepparton has reported a new active case of COVID-19. The Department of Health and Human Services confirmed its the only active case in the region, as the state’s total rose by 108 – the second highest daily rise in Victoria since the...

Madi Chwasta

No-one wants to do the dirty work, as cleaning jobs go unfilled

At a time when the unemployment rate has skyrocketed to its highest point in nearly two decades it’s hard to believe businesses would be struggling to find employees. However, Shepparton’s Cleen Servicez Groop is facing that exact...

Morgan Dyer

New data reveals how many people are unemployed in region

New figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics reveal the impact the COVID-19 crisis has had on jobs in the region. New data reveals the number of people employed in the City of Greater Shepparton, Moira Shire and Campaspe Shire declined by...

Morgan Dyer

Letter to Editor: Coronavirus concern

Barry O’Connor Benalla Coronavirus is now a very real problem for Victorians. What is very disappointing is the fact that we have a culture, amongst a noisy minority in Melbourne, of selfishness and blatant disregard for the regulations and the laws...

Shepparton News

Food Link runs for a full 16 weeks thanks to community support

The Food Link program has spent $32,000 and supplied more than 3000 ready-cooked meals to hundreds of locals doing it tough throughout the past 12 weeks of the pandemic. And thanks to a wave of ongoing support from the community, the program will...

Charmayne Allison

GSSC teacher ‘too scared to go to work’ due to culture of violence

A Greater Shepparton Secondary College teacher is “too scared to go to work” because of a violent culture within school grounds. But GSSC executive principal Genevieve Simson vehemently denies this exists.

Charmayne Allison

Fishing couple spin a good business yarn

Fishing mad couple Brad and Dani Armstrong are so keen on the sport they took the plunge last year and started their own lure-making business. Originally designed to catch Murray cod and yellowbelly, their hand-made spinners have proved so popular...

John Lewis

Furphy Literary Award shortlist announced

The shortlist of finalists for the revamped 2020 Furphy Literary Award has been announced after more than a 1000 entries were received from across Australia and overseas.

John Lewis

One parent’s story about bullying at Greater Shepparton Secondary College

A parent of a Greater Shepparton Secondary College student spoke to The News about bullying and violence. This is her story: Picture this. Your child is about to begin a new school year at a new school. They’re feeling all the emotions...

Madi Chwasta

Fatal Cobram collision victims identified

The two young men killed in a fatal collision in Cobram on Wednesday night have been named as Nicholas Gash and Samuel Tout. The two men were travelling in a Ford sedan along the Murray Valley Hwy sometime before 11pm when the vehicle they were in...

Liz Mellino

State Member for Shepparton Suzanna Sheed calls for community collaboration to address fights

State Member for Shepparton Suzanna Sheed has called for community members to unite to address alleged violence at Greater Shepparton Secondary College. Her concern comes after media reports revealed ongoing violence and bullying at the new school...

Madi Chwasta

Sky Narrazee reaches worldwide number one for Mathletics

Sky Narrazee has reached number one in the world for Mathletics after a 16-hour-long equations blitz.

Madi Chwasta

Family dog returns after two years

After two long years, Mooroopna dog owners Riana Webb and Daniel Coad have got their fairytale ending, thanks to the power of a microchip. The couple learnt how valuable microchipping a pet is, not once, but unfortunately twice. Polar the striking...

Morgan Dyer

Mooroopna’s Mellisa Silaga strives to welcome multicultural youth to Shepparton

Mooroopna’s Mellisa Silaga knows, more than most, how hard it can be to make a new home. She’s made several. Born in New Zealand, she was only 11 when she moved to Samoa, thrust into an entirely new culture of chief systems and honour...

Charmayne Allison