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Ann’s weapon of choice

Shrouded in low light and morning fog while cloaked in a ghillie camouflage suit with gumboots, Ann Killeen drudges through the water and mud in search of a clean shot. As she crouches to take aim through her weapon of choice, she remains still and...

Rhys Williams
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Corowa RSL Sub-Branch turns 100

The significance of The Returned and Services League (RSL) was emphasized last Saturday night in the Federation Room of the Corowa RSL Club. The occasion? The Centennial Year of the Corowa RSL Sub-Branch 1919-2019 with 135 people commemorating the...

Robert Muir
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Melbourne sister-city move

A sister-city for Federation Council with a Melbourne-based council has been requested to be investigated following a Notice of Motion at yesterday’s monthly June meeting. “I believe Federation Council has come a long way since the merger...

Robert Muir
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Corowa lamb price national record

Lamb prices hit an all-time national record, selling for $350 a head at the weekly sale on Monday 17th June, at the Federation Council owned and managed Corowa Saleyards - only to be broken three days later! The exceptional second-cross White...

Robert Muir
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RSL Sub Branch’s 100th celebration

Corowa Returned Services League (RSL) Sub-Branch will commemorate its centennial year this Saturday, June 22 with a big dinner, fellowship and shared memories in the Federation Room of Corowa RSL Club. President of Corowa RSL Sub-Branch Martin...

Robert Muir
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Corowa market report

Corowa Top Results Shorn Lambs 40 Mickan Bros Walla Walla $350 217 PG & CF Beckett Pleasant Hills $330 71 MWC Trading Howlong $290 23 Daisy’s Pastoral Porepunkah $288 24 North East Water Wangaratta $285 12 J, E & A Schulz Jindera $285 95...

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Country Music rounded up people

Corowa RSL Club was a sound of beautiful music from last Friday to Sunday – the 13th consecutive annual Country Music Round Up. Ten highly credentialled entertainers enthralled good size crowds with their country and western music. “It was...

Robert Muir
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Corowa Presentation Ball

St Johns Anglican and St Andrews Presbyterian Churches combined to hold their Presentation Ball on Friday May 31, at Memorial Hall Corowa. A large crowd of family and friends were in attendance to support the nine young ladies and their partners on...

Corowa Free Press
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Cofield Wines shines in China

Cofield Wines in Wahgunyah are basking in the glow of their first international wine show gold medal. The family owned winery received a gold medal for their 2013 Botrytis Muscadelle – a luscious dessert wine, with a silver medal also being...

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Ambulance response times slammed

Indigo Shire Mayor Bernard Gaffney and Member for Benambra Bill Tilley have criticized the state government’s inaction on improving the shire’s ambulance response times. Despite the Victorian Labor state government injecting $109 million into...

Rhys Williams
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Community Garden boost

The Commonwealth Bank Corowa branch has extended a philanthropic hand by donating $500 towards the Corowa Community Garden as part of their Community Grants program. The cheque was handed over by the Corowa branch manager Donna Hussey to community...

Rhys Williams
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Entries open for Henty machinery awards

Machines at the cutting edge of agricultural technology are invited to enter the prestigious Henty Machine of the Year Award. Announced on the opening day, this “farmers’ choice’’ award is presented to the most outstanding new piece of...

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Red Boot Store sculpture unveiled

As part of a new artistic vision for the town, Arts Rutherglen has memorialised the historic Red Boot Shop that was reduced to rubble during the destructive tornado that struck in 2013. Submerged by dirt, the tessellated tile shop entrance to...

Rhys Williams
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Jenny calling it a day

By Robert Muir When Jenny Doody began at The Free Press 30 years ago, everything was written by hand and faxed through to the Yarrawonga Chronicle. “We use computers for almost everything now,” the face of The Free Press in Corowa for all those...

Robert Muir
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Rutherglen unit fire under investigation

Investigators have been working to ascertain what caused a fire that ripped through a Rutherglen unit last week. Police were called to the residence on Herbert Street at approximately 4.25pm last Monday and arrived within minutes to see the two...

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Ken’s special centennial celebration

Ken King will be among the half dozen members of the British Commonwealth Occupation Forces (BCOF) to see their plaque put on display for the Corowa RSL Sub-branch’s centennial celebrations later this month. The 92-year-old sub-branch member...

Corowa Free Press
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Festival still breaking records

A record-breaking crowd filled Rutherglen wineries over the Queen’s Birthday Long Weekend for the famous Rutherglen Winery Walkabout, with just over 16,500 people attending the iconic festival. This year saw Winery Walkabout include 19...

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Grants for 14 organisations

Fourteen organisations throughout the Federation Council area will share in the overall $28,779 worth of Community Grants Program Round Two. The highest allowable was sought by the Mulwala-based Riverine Plains for a Farm Ag Data System and it is to...

Robert Muir

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SPC sold for $40 million

Coca-Cola Amatil has announced SPC will be sold for $40 million to Shepparton Partners Collective and its group of companies. Shepparton Partners Collective is a joint venture between Perma Funds Management and private investment firm The Eights...

Alana Christensen
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Truck incident on River Rd, Shepparton

Drivers are to be advised of a truck incident on River Road. A 33-year-old Kyabram man was travelling west before he veered off the road. The kenworth truck that was carrying concrete pipes came to a halt after damaging a private driveway entry and...

Madeleine Caccianiga
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Tatura couple deliver baby on roadside

Fletcher Tully made a bold entrance into the world in the comfort of his own family vehicle two days ago. Tatura resident Michelle Tully was 37 weeks pregnant with her third child when she started experiencing minor cramps shortly after school...

Laura Briggs
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Changes to come for parking infringements in Shepparton

The parking inspectors you have come to recognise across town are no more with Greater Shepparton City Council making the decision to outsource the service to a third-party provider.

Ashlea Witoslawski