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Body recovered from Lake Benalla - UPDATED

Benalla Police and SES are currently searching the Lake Benalla shoreline with an area from the Art Gallery around to the showgrounds taped off. We are waiting on Victoria Police to contact us with more information which we will share with you as...

Simon Ruppert
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Collisions and compensation

Although Francis Capell was a man of 44 years, a call for NSW volunteers to join a campaign to rescue General Gordon at Khartoum filled him with martial spirit. He enlisted in the battalion that was to be sent to Sudan. On March 3, 1885, Capell and...

Simon Ruppert
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Benalla man missing

Police are appealing for public assistance to help locate missing man Ian Reed. The 44-year-old was last seen in Jensen Court in Benalla on 11 November. He is described as 175cm tall, medium build with brown hair and he usually wears sunglasses...

Simon Ruppert
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Swanpool festival raises funds for good causes

The Happy Wanderer Festival Committee has announced two donations in the wake of their successful event on the weekend. Bids from the Rubber Duck Auction event raised $2350. From that, $1350 was donated to the Tomorrow Today Foundation. A further...

Simon Ruppert
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Danny Claridge elected new mayor of Benalla

Councillor Danny Claridge has been elected Mayor of Benalla, following a special Meeting of the Council held this evening. Mr Claridge was elected unopposed and will hold the position until November 23, 2020. The new Mayor addressed his fellow...

Meg Saultry
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Apply for history grants

State Member for Euroa Steph Ryan is encouraging history groups to apply for the Public Record Office Victoria’s Local History Grants Program. Applications are now open for grants of up to $15 000 to assist local community groups and...

Simon Ruppert
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Classic train heads to Benalla

The famous Spirit of Progress, the train that revitalised rail travel prior to World War II, will make a stop in Benalla this month, Organised by the Seymour Railway Heritage Centre the train will comprise the original saloon sitting carriages, and...

Simon Ruppert
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GOTAFE win award for LBTQI+ acceptance

Goulburn Ovens institute of TAFE has taken home the 2019 Victorian Public Sector (VPS) Pride Awards for its work promoting LGBTQI+ acceptance, inclusion and celebration. The annual VPS Pride Awards recognise and celebrate achievement inclusion in...

Simon Ruppert
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Breast screening rates in Euroa only 54 per cent

State Member for Euroa Steph Ryan is urging more women in Benalla to undergo breast screening to increase the likelihood of early detection of breast cancer. According to the latest findings by BreastScreen Victoria, just 54 per cent of women in the...

Simon Ruppert
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Benalla Festival 2019

The second weekend of the 2019 Benalla Festival saw the annual parade well attended, a variety of entertainment at the Village by the Lake, a bustling gardens market, live music at the Shed and much more.

Simon Ruppert
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Goorambat scarecrows a big suceess

Goorambat’s inaugural scarecrow competition has been hailed a success by organisers and attendees. The Benalla Festival event was judged by Cr Peter Davis and local artists Jamie Ferguson and Tim Bowtell. Goorambat and District Community group...

Simon Ruppert
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Coo-ee: Aussie troops in New Zealand

It has been said that Australians first saw combat in 1885 - in the Sudan campaign against the Mahdi. It is true that the NSW Colonial Government sent a battalion to Sudan to help to rescue General Gordon. Distrusted by the British, these troops...

Simon Ruppert
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Help save Benalla’s turtles

Turtles Australia’s Benalla group has been successful in obtaining funding through the Goulburn Broken Catchment Management Authority. The group has been awarded $8500, which will go towards a number of initiatives aimed at conserving the freshwater...

Simon Ruppert
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Benalla’s young and old join together for unique program

The success of the ABC program ‘Old People’s Home for 4 Year Olds’ has sparked a similar program at Benalla Health’s Morrie Evans wing.

Meg Saultry
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Benalla properties selling fast

Benalla’s real estate continues to be a seller’s market with the average property being purchased twice as quickly than at this time last year. That is according to the latest report from the Real Estate Institute of Victoria. Figures show that...

Simon Ruppert
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Protect your garden from Queensland Fruit Fly

As we approach late spring there are a number of important tasks that home gardenerscan be undertaking to manage Queensland Fruit Fly. Bruce Walker from Benalla’s Rotary Club said locals should have fruit fly traps set up anywhere on a property that...

Simon Ruppert
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Benalla writing competition recognises the best

Benalla’s budding writers and artists had their work recognised as part of the annual Benalla Festival writing and colouring competition last Thursday.

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Benalla Lions given an understanding

Benalla Lions have been given an understanding of the Royal Freemasons Retirement Facility. Royal Freemasons Facility Manager, David Gullick, spoke about the facility at a recent Lions Club meeting. He described it as a modern facility where the...

Simon Ruppert

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Shepparton boxer Dwight Ritchie dies aged 27 in training accident

Shepparton’s sporting community is in shock after boxer Dwight Ritchie died tragically on Saturday in a freak training injury. The 27-year-old was sparring with WBA Oceania middleweight champion Michael Zerafa in Melbourne, when he was struck with...

Alex Mitchell
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Echuca man arrested over wild car chase through five towns

A CAR ran headfirst into another vehicle in Echuca while allegedly driving at dangerous speeds, at times on the wrong side of the road while fleeing from police through five towns yesterday. Police from nine towns were involved in trying to corner...

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Major collision at Curr Road intersection

POLICE have confirmed two vehicles are involved in a collision at the corners of Curr Road and Graham Road. Graham Road is currently closed to traffic between Scobie Road and Curr Road, and police are urging motorists to avoid the area. Ambulance...

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Echuca police on wild chase as serial car thief goes on the run

POLICE are hunting a man who led them on a wild chase through Kanyapella, Tongala, Echuca and Elmore this morning. Detective Senior Constable Peter Colliver of Echuca criminal investigation unit said police were looking for man who had warrants out...

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