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Well-known vet doesn’t quite know how to fully retire

Well-known Maffra vet and respected cattle specialist Jakob Malmo may have retired from practice, but he's not quite finished with veterinary science just yet.

Nancy talks about how to attract bugs, bees and birds to gardens

Local gardening guru Nancy Morgan hosted a free talk on how to encourage a thriving ecosystem in the backyard.

Government denies rail rumours

The state government has blasted rumours that it still has plans to terminate Gippsland trains at Pakenham, calling them "blatant scaremongering".

It’s the pawfect home

Staff and volunteers at Animal Aid are pawsitively thrilled construction of a new cat shelter is nearing completion.

Speeding rider nabbed at almost 200kmh near Eagle Point

A motorcyclist allegedly speeding at twice the legal limit was intercepted by police near Eagle Point on Saturday afternoon.

Police station damage

Yarram police arrested and charged a 39-year-old local man on Friday over damage to the Yarram police station in July.

Unregistered car impounded

A unlicensed driver will have to pay almost $1000 to have an unregistered vehicle released from impound after being nabbed by police.

Club hoon attack

Sale and District Aeromodellers Club members have been left with an expensive repair job, after a car ploughed through the club's fence and shelter facility last week.

Lord, I miss Daniel. Oh, I miss him so much

The topic of the Victorian Premier failing to visit drought-ravaged regional areas was revisited in parliament last week - and it appears Gippsland is not the only region missing out.

Harry’s story wins hearts across Australia

When Stratford mum Kirsten Redfern read a whiteboard note her 13-year-old son had left when he went to school one morning, she cried.

Looking at Stratford Courthouse community management

About 30 people attended a meeting in Stratford recently, to discuss the future of the Stratford Courthouse, and the possibility of it being community-managed.

Local offshore wind farm sessions are planned

Australia's first proposed offshore wind project - the Star of the South - is beginning consultations with local communities and stakeholders ahead of site investigations beginning later this year.

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