Articles by A Staff Reporter
Destined for beef studies in US
Winchelsea’s Libby Falkiner will travel to the United States after receiving a scholarship to Kansas State University through Angus Australia.
Cash secured
Upgrades to two dangerous Colac district intersections and improvements to the Warrnambool rail line are set to go ahead after they survived an independent review into major infrastructure projects Australia-wide.
Awards could move to new event
The presentation of Colac Otway Shire’s Community Awards could move to another new date if the council supports a plan to announce winners during National Volunteer Week.
Time to focus on hay safety
Farmers are preparing for a dry summer, and hay is in hot demand, being loaded, carted, unloaded and stacked in sheds and paddocks across the country.
Prison time for Winchelsea arsonist
A 25-year-old Winchelsea man has been sentenced to three and a half years in prison for deliberately lighting a fire that gutted two homes.