Articles by Kate Deppeler

  • Arrest after police station brawl

    POLICE arrested a man after a fight between two men in Colac Police Station’s foyer.

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  • Berry grower has taste for cider

    THE opening of this year’s berry season is extra special for Colac district’s Pennyroyal Berry farm.

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  • Ice driving Colac district crime

    DRUG crime has increased almost 50-per-cent in the Colac Otway and Surf Coast shires during the past year.

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  • Unlicensed driver fell asleep

    AN unlicensed driver who fell asleep at the wheel of a borrowed car has escaped a crash in the Colac district with minor injuries.

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  • No homophobia this time around

    MELBOURNE comedian Joel Creasey has had an insult-free visit to Colac, after suffering from homophobic abuse in the city two years ago.

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  • Grassfire risk rises in Colac district

    COLAC district is facing a grassfire risk because of abundant growth in spring.

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  • Coins lead police to gun thief

    COLAC detectives have tracked down an alleged gun thief through his attempts to offload coins stolen in the same burglary.

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  • Koala watchers’ lives at risk

    AN OTWAYS resident says there’ll be “blood on someone’s hands” if tourists continue to stop in the middle of the road to pat koalas.

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