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 Community sport in the Wimmera took a tentative step yesterday towards returning after the recent lockdown, with the Wimmera Football Netball League leading the way with the eighth round of their season after two weeks off. |
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 The West Wimmera Health Service has launched a new podcast series aimed at rural communities and farming families under the name ‘Farmer Wants A Healthy Life’.  Better access to library services will be one of the benefits to the residents of Jeparit and district following the completion of works on the new Jeparit Customer Service Centre and Library.  Read this month’s Mayoral Matters column from Hindmarsh Mayor Ron Ismay. |
 With last summer bring La Niña conditions to eastern Australia, we wondered what was in store for the Wimmera. Intense rainfall events in December and January in isolated parts of the catchment led to the largest flows in the Wimmera River since the September 2016 floods.
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 With the announcement this morning of the further easing of restrictions allowing senior grades to resume competition, local competitions are gearing up to resume.  Forest Fire Management Victoria plans to ignite a fuel reduction burn in the Little Desert today, conditions permitting.  Sports grounds and courts around the Wimmera will be quiet for another weekend.  Police will prepare a report for the coroner following the death of a woman in Dimboola on the morning of Wednesday 2nd June.  On the first day of winter, Victorian firefighters are urging residents to keep themselves safe by checking and maintaining their fireplaces, chimneys, fireboxes and flues.  The Wimmera Mallee Pioneer Museum has made the decision to cancel their annual Queen’s Birthday Weekend event for the second year in a row.  With an enforced weekend off from sport due to the statewide lockdown, the Wimmera Hockey Associaton teams have the opportunity to assess where they stand after playing each opponent once and can look forward to what they need to do to remain in the race for the finals.  An online Cold Case Hub recently established by Victoria Police has renewed appeals for any details pertaining to the case of two murdered teenagers in far-western Victoria in 1990.  Forest Fire Management are planning to ignite two planned burns in the Little Desert within the next twenty-four hours, conditions permitting.  Following the announcement by the Victorian Government earlier today of a seven-day state-wide lockdown, events that were to be held during this time have been cancelled or postponed.  Horsham Highway Patrol officers responded to reports of an erratically driven vehicle near Dimboola on Tuesday evening.  Artwork has been completed on the Albacutya Silo, 10km north of Rainbow, marking the first silo in Hindmarsh Shire to join the Silo Art Trail. Noticeboard LOCAL BUSINESS ADVERT. 
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