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Monkey bike impounded

A monkey bike has been impounded and its rider is expected to be charged with driving offences after police nabbed him in Sale.

Drought measures are ‘an insult’: local MPs

Pasture recovery grants made available to help drought-affected farmers rebuild pastures have been slammed as totally inadequate.

Report outlines strengths and challenges

An analysis of Gippsland's strengths and challenges prepared for Infrastructure Victoria has reported that two of the main challenges for Gippslanders are climate change and employment decline.

O’Brien wants minister to meet with residents

The state minister for planning has not agreed to meet with residents opposed to the proposed Alberton wind farm.

Budget has farmers in mind

Wellington Shire Council will work with the farming community to determine how to spend $1 million allocated in its 2019-20 budget for drought recovery.

Number plate system to nab unlicensed drivers

Unauthorised drivers in Wellington Shire will find it much harder to flout the law this Easter, with a number of Victoria Police highway patrol cars now equipped with a new automatic number plate recognition system.

Update on projects across Wellington

Wellington Shire Council has provided an update of planning projects across the shire.

Possums aplenty, the latest surveys show

Thousands of Leadbeater's possums, the species which is officially listed as facing extinction, have now been found in the Central Highlands forests of Gippsland, the latest surveys show.

Concerns for missing man

East Gippsland Crime Investigation Unit detectives have renewed their appeal for information in the search for missing man Dalibor Pantic.

Stratford park damage

Police are appealing for witnesses to a deliberately lit fire at Apex Park, Stratford.

Eisteddfod success

There was plenty of local success at the 72nd City of Sale Eisteddfod last week.

Draft budget release

Wellington Shire Council has proposed a rate rise of 2.5 per cent for the next financial year.

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