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Souper idea for winter
Ballan shoppers can look forward to a ‘Souper Tuesday’ thanks to a continuing winter warmer initiative.
As part of a four-year long program from the...
Marathon effort
Bob Carey-Grieve looks back on 2016 with conflicting thoughts.
While the Ballan man’s beloved Bulldogs lifted the AFL premiership cup, a night in November turned...
Ballan health appoints interim chief
Ballan District Health and Care has appointed Rowena Clift as an interim chief executive.
A board, which concluded in April, recommended Ms Clift take on...
Human remains found at Mt Egerton
Police believe human remains found in Mount Egerton are those of missing Ballan man Albert Smith.
The remains were located in bushland just off Yendon-Egerton...
Search turns desperate
Police believe an 88-year-old man missing since October 8 hitched a ride in Ballan, about 80 kilometres north-west of Melbourne, before disappearing.
As the search...
Ballan GP superclinic bail out
The beleaguered Ballan GP super clinic has been thrown a lifeline, with the state government announcing an “urgent” $500,000 assistance package.
Health Minister Jill Hennessy...
All aboard the soup bus
Shoppers are already familiar with Georgia’s coloured-in box at Ballan IGA but the pint-sized seven-year-old is asking them to dig deeper to help out...
Ballan Lions’ big serve
The Ballan Lions Club is exapnding its vision in a bid to serve more people in the community.
The club is establishing the first Victorian...
Street works frustration
Ballan traders say fencing and noisy building work along the town’s main strip as part of streetscape upgrades is deterring customers.
Most of the paving...
Black is back in Ballan
Ballan’s Black Nite Black Lite festival began with a few women toiling away in a broom closet.
Now thousands of visitors are expected to flock...
Ballan revamp streets ahead
Ballan’s main strip is shaping up as streetscape works continue.
Most of the paving works along Inglis Street is complete, with the installation of street...
Easter delivery of eggs and iPads
The local community has helped a Ballan family raise more than $5000 to give children with autism an opportunity to learn through technology.
Keeley’s Cause,...
Smash and grab nets $200
Thieves smashed their way through the front doors of a Ballan farm supply store in the early hours of last Tuesday leaving with a...
Teen pleads guilty to fatal crash
A teenage boy has pleaded guilty to culpable driving causing death over a horror crash during a police chase that killed Ballarat teenager Jacqueline...
Tributes flow for bee victim
A flag will fly at half-mast in Ballan, the hometown of a young gardener killed by a swarm of bees while working for Dunkeld’s...
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Burras coming together
Diggers Rest is building into the Riddell District Netball League season.
With a new coach and a new playing group, it’s taken some time for...
