News
Woman fears poison killed pet cats
COLAC’S Linda Scott has made an emotional plea to cat owners to “keep an eye on your cats”, after finding her two seven-month-old moggies dead in a laneway beside her house.
School site not for sale
KAWARREN residents say they are relieved after the Education Department confirmed the town’s former primary school remained under community control.
Drug counselling funding changes concern hospital
COLAC’S hospital chief is concerned Colac’s substance abuse clients will “fall between the gaps” due to State Government funding changes.
Colac support boosts project for women
COLAC women have thrown their support behind an international project which provides second-hand bras and undergarments to disadvantaged women.
Colac’s motoring history goes under the hammer
AUCTIONEER Bruce Lowenthal says collectors have an opportunity to upgrade their “man caves” when almost 100 years of automobile memorabilia goes under the hammer this weekend.
Theft charges for second man, as burglary victims claim items
POLICE have charged a Colac man with handling stolen goods in relation to a two-month burglary spree across the city.
Engineer volunteers to help rural Nepal
A 12-MONTH volunteering commitment to improve Nepal’s water supply is providing challenges for former Colac district engineer Siobhan Maxwell.
Gardens a fertile story source
COLAC’S Helen Paatsch can retell the story of a lakeside swing large enough to seat 30 children and an explosion that destroyed Lake Colac’s rotunda in the 1950s.