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The Ballarat Airport Aerodrome Emergency Plan was put to the test in a dramatic simulation of a disastrous plane crash last week.

Compost made from the Hepburn Shire Council food and garden organics is now available for residents to use in their gardens.

Karen started First Stop Disability Services in February 2019 with two aims. The first was to offer support services for Hepburn Shire NDIS participants to support them to achieve and surpass their goals. The second was to provide a long-term financially rewarding career for local support staff.

Kath eventually became matron of the hospital and was the sole nurse for the six-bed hospital...

The Celebration of SAORI Exhibition has returned to Clunes, showcasing more than 100 works by over 30 artists from across Australia.

Healthy Loddon Campaspe’s 2025 Active Living Census has been launched in recent days and is now available for Macedon Ranges residents to complete online.

There can be few moments of relief greater than the recovery of a much-loved missing pet as the well-publicised rescue of labrador Ted from a Trentham mineshaft in recent days illustrates.

Adopted in recent days at the council's scheduled May meeting, the Future Hepburn is being described as a "once-in-a-generation opportunity to shape the shire’s approach to land use and development". 

Trentham groups are coming together on June 24 to launch Voices of Hope, a sponsor-a-tutor program to help young girls in Afghanistan continue their education.

There’s some beautiful country up around Sutton Grange and Mount Alexander (Leanganyuk) and today we’re going to sample a handsome piece of it.

Hepburn Shire Council mayor Don Henderson has issued a statement following the state government's recent temporary backdown on the controversial emergency services levy (Emergency Services and Volunteers Fund).

Reading a story in The Local back in April, Blackwood resident Noel Ewer’s attention was quietly captured as he realised it was about his own Great Uncle Thomas.

The Victorian government has since announced a temporary backdown on its controversial emergency services levy while pledging more money for struggling farmers.

It is easy to speculate on the property market and to talk about anecdotal evidence, but when it comes time to list your property you want to be on the front foot before you knock on your agent’s door.

A bit like that cantankerous yet amazing pud itself, Creswick’s Magic Pudding Playground is serving up some fabulous new “slices”.

There must be a fair few familes with a resident “Grumps”. Newly released at Daylesford’s Paradise Books shop in recent days, Kate Foulds’ debut book, Grumps and the green fishing rod, pays homage to a special Grumps in her life; her dad.

The plastic ice cream cones, which had been on the East Melbourne shop front for around 50 years, had allegedly been stolen and then sold online before being recovered at a Gisborne address on Tuesday morning, June 3.

Daylesford Primary School students and teachers called "pens down" or more likely "iPads down" and left the schoolyard to visit The Block building site on Friday, May 23. 

It’s alleged the men were involved in more than 20 incidents between 29 April and 28 May across multiple suburbs including Castlemaine, Epsom, Flora Hill, Ironbark, Jackass Flat, Junortoun, Kangaroo Flat, Kennington, North Bendigo, and White Hills.

The theme was devised by the members of the 2025 crew to express the importance of kindness as an essential part of starting a conversation about mental health. The annual prevalence of mental ill health in young people aged 16 - 24 years has increased by more than 50 per cent in the past 15 years...

Victoria Police are also launching another major statewide road policing operation this week ahead of the King’s Birthday long weekend, with motorcycle safety set to be a major focus.

Losing the function of her hind legs last year wasn’t about to stop pooch Sheba getting out and having a ball. The beautiful 11-year-old long-haired German-Belgian shepherd and her owner, Clunes’ Dave Liddle, can often be seen out enjoying walks, ably assisted by a pair of sturdy dog wheels.

Goldfields Crime Investigation Unit detectives are appealing for public assistance after $12,000 worth of merino sheep were stolen from a property in Strathlea last month.