Shepp News

Rowan Gribben earns top Arcadia honour

There is nothing like a decked out CFA Hall and the smell of breakfast to know it’s Australia Day in Arcadia. Community members gathered for an early rise to celebrate the occasion and taking the top honour of Arcadia Citizen of the Year was Rowan...

James Bennett

Pat is Toolamba’s top citizen

Pat Patt is described as a behind-the-scenes achiever — which is why she was in shock her name was announced yesterday as Toolamba’s Citizen of the Year. The Toolamba Lions and Toolamba CWA Wrens member has been helping with publicity to make...

James Bennett

Transforming a Trawool treasure

The year was 1989; Bob Hawke was Prime Minister, Madonna’s Like A Prayer topped the charts and The Trawool Estate was the place to be. A younger Wes Old remembers it as a thriving oasis. “It was the duck’s guts coming out here,”...

Jessica Ball

Transforming a Trawool treasure

The year was 1989; Bob Hawke was Prime Minister, Madonna’s Like A Prayer topped the charts and The Trawool Estate was the place to be. A younger Wes Old remembers it as a thriving oasis. “It was the duck’s guts coming out here,”...

Jessica Ball

People power sees Shepparton raise $100 000 for bushfire relief

Shepparton has demonstrated its generous spirit after a bushfire relief event raised $100 000 for fire-affected areas.

Madi Chwasta

Shepparton men sentenced over Caniambo home burglary

The family of a Shepparton man charged over a burglary at a Caniambo home wept in court on Thursday as he was handed his jail sentence. Mark Threlfall, 60, was sentenced to six months’ jail and placed on a 12-month community corrections order...

Shepparton News

Two men arrested over Shepparton business burglaries

Two people were arrested in Shepparton on Friday night following a number of alleged burglaries around town. Shepparton Police Detective Senior Constable Jacob Sinclair confirmed two males, both of no fixed address, were arrested in relation to...

Liz Mellino

Wendy Lovell taken to VCAT over super school documents

Wendy Lovell says she has the “upper hand” at a February Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal hearing to determine if the Victorian Government must release information regarding risks involved with Greater Shepparton Secondary College that...

James Bennett

Shepparton mother breaks silence about son’s suicide

Seventeen years after losing her son to suicide, Shepparton’s Mary Anderson still wonders what more could have been done. Her son, Brendan, was kind, fun and social but he also battled with a “pain in his head” and at 26, the day...

Morgan Dyer

‘I feel like I have been reborn in Australia’

Safety, security and a renewed faith in humanity have come into Corine Rebecca Muchinya’s life since she and her three-year-old son Benedict James Bwihambi arrived in Shepparton.

Ilias Bakalla

Euroa man pleads guilty to sexual assaults he ‘can’t remember’

A man who sexually assaulted his daughter, a partner’s daughter and one of his daughter’s friends will have to await his fate after a judge deferred his sentence.

Monique Preston

Shepparton man identified as victim of fatal crash

A 33-year-old Shepparton man has been identified as the victim of Monday’s fatal collision in Arcadia.

Liz Mellino

Shepparton couple helping those with a need for feed

Shepparton couple Katrina Aloe and Shawn Frappell have been transporting truckloads of hay to fire-affected farmers in the upper Murray region. Ms Aloe and Mr Frappell, from S & K Oaten Hay, have been donating their own hay and collecting more...

Spencer Fowler Steen

CFA “happy” with plans to improve parks access to help battle bushfires

Conversations have started to ensure parks in the Shepparton district are safe to access in the event of a bushfire. CFA District 22 Operations Manager Tony Owen said there had been positive dialogue between the CFA, Department of Environment, Land...

Ed McLeish

Storm hits Shepparton causing thousands in damages

Rain and thunderstorms caused damage and disruption in the Greater Shepparton area this week, prompting dozens of calls for help to emergency services. State Emergency Services said most of the calls in Shepparton related to damage to buildings...

Spencer Fowler Steen

Fatal collision in Arcadia

A driver has died following a collision with a truck in Arcadia this morning.

Shepparton News

Shepparton residents urged to brace for power outages

Shepparton residents are being urged to prepare for power outages, with more storms and heavy rainfall forecast for this afternoon.

Shepparton News

Police investigating two suspicious house fires

Shepparton police are investigating two suspicious house fires which occurred in town last week.

Shepparton News

Government must fund our CFA, says Maxwell

Don’t get them to fundraise for their own equipment — just fully fund them. That’s the message Member for Northern Victoria Tania Maxwell is sending the Victorian Government, which requires CFA volunteer brigades to raise money for part of the...

James Bennett