31 Jul 08 | The Hume football league has pulled off a real coup with AFL legend Kevin Sheedy coming to the Hume league Gala day to be held at Walbundrie Football Ground on August 10th.
31 Jul 08 | Greater Hume Shire Council believes it has struck a fine balance between retaining prime agricultural land and encouraging the establishment of lifestyle blocks close to towns and villages.
23 Jul 08 | The Demons final three games are against in order Culcairn (home), Osborne (away) who Lockhart beat in round four and then Jindera (home) to finish the season.
A win by Lockhart over any of these sides will ensure the Demons play finals so the stakes will be high, particularly the home games against Culcairn and Jindera.
23 Jul 08 | What can be done to keep the price of fuel down?
This is the question people are asking as Australia moves into a decade in which CSIRO researchers predict fuel will skyrocket to $8 a litre at peak times, adding $250 to the weekly budget by 2018.
16 Jul 08 | Coleambally racked up a rare away win, when they successfully overcame Henty in a tight finish. The Irrigators don’t win many away from home and their 14 point win was hard fought.
16 Jul 08 | Holbrook was put on the map as an official rest stop for international and Australian pilgrims making their way north to the World Youth Day venue in Sydney on Sunday and Monday.
09 Jul 08 | Osborne kept its chances alive of a top two finish with a thrilling win over the highly fancied Jindera Bulldogs in a sensational game of football at Osborne.
The Cats required the poise and skill of Matt Gleeson to get the job done, with the tall forward kicking two vital last quarter goals that sunk the Bulldogs hopes.
09 Jul 08 | Wheat growers from around the region felt abandoned by Member for Farrer Sussan Ley as legislation was introduced by the Australian Government to reform the bulk wheat export marketing system.
02 Jul 08 | CDHBU followed on from its good recent form against the top six teams by finally breaking its losing streak, with a comfortable 56 point win over Henty at Henty.
After winning three of its first four rounds this season, the Power lost its next seven in a row before, turning around its fortunes against the undermanned Swampies.
02 Jul 08 | Geelong Leather Pty Ltd will bring in migrant labour if the company can’t obtain a stable labour force for its expanding facility at Culcairn.
The company recently submitted a development application for a $1.5 million expansion at the Wet Blue Hide Facility at Culcairn but has been dogged by a labour problem that has at times brought production to a standstill.