Local News
01 Sep 10 | THIS Thursday, September 2 an exhibition will open at the old Mukinbudin Railway Station that documents the voices of Mukinbudin residents who have been forced to leave their farms.
01 Sep 10 | THE shires of Beverley, Cunderdin, Quairading, Tammin and York will start due diligence into a proposed amalgamation after formalising their reform agreement in Perth during the local government convention.
01 Sep 10 | A GROUP of Merredin locals have formed a committee to source and share information about sustainable living in the Wheatbelt.
01 Sep 10 | WHEN Merredin’s Roy Butler received his Synergy ‘bill’ last month, instead of a requesting a payment, it advised he had a credit of $143.75.
01 Sep 10 | ABOUT 70 delegates from all over Australia and New Zealand gathered in Merredin on Saturday, August 21 to attend the SRS National Alpaca Conference and Workshop.
01 Sep 10 | NEARLY 200 past and present Walgoolan residents and their descendants reunited for a special ceremony on Saturday, August 1.
25 Aug 10 | THE Wheatbelt Development Commission, which was started in 1997 to promote economic growth in the Wheatbelt, has had limited success, according to the Merredin Shire council.
25 Aug 10 | YESIDE Freeman became an Australian citizen at a ceremony conducted by Merredin shire president Ken Hooper at the shire office last Tuesday.
25 Aug 10 | EIGHTY-eight-year-old Joc Forsyth and Di Gorfin, 86, of Kellerberrin have been playing golf in Kellerberrin since their teenage years and still get together to play nine holes every Wednesday at the Kellerberrin Golf Course.
25 Aug 10 | THE year seven students at South Merredin Primary School have been learning more than just arithmetic and spelling this term.
25 Aug 10 | THE Merredin Volunteer Fire and Rescue Service (VFRS) held its annual appreciation and awards dinner on Saturday, July 31 and several members were awarded for their service.
25 Aug 10 | SEVERAL members of Wheatbelt shire councils received prestigious awards of recognition for their service to their communities at this year's WA Local Government Convention from August 2-6.
18 Aug 10 | THE Friends of the Cummins Theatre Inc recently received a number of donations to help towards installing new equipment in the renovated Cummins Theatre.
18 Aug 10 | THERE is a special tradition at All Saints Anglican Church in Trayning – the bell rings every time a child is born in the district.
18 Aug 10 | AGRICULTURE and Food Department practices and system innovation manager David Bowran said the 2010 season was on a knife's edge.
18 Aug 10 | WHEATBELT Agcare Community Support Services Inc has recently appointed new family counsellor Leana Musulin.
18 Aug 10 | AGRICULTURE and Food Minister Terry Redman visited Hyden recently to inspect a section of the State Barrier Fence, which has recently upgraded to wild dog standard.
18 Aug 10 | PEOPLE driving past the Steber family’s house on Dobson Avenue in Merredin last Thursday would have been surprised to see Australian cricket legend Adam Gilchrist and former Sale of the Century model Nicky Buckley enjoying a game of kanga cricket with them.
11 Aug 10 | THE state government announced a Dry Season Advisory Committee (DSAC) would be formed to assist farmers and rural communities adversely affected by the dry seasonal conditions.
11 Aug 10 | Merredin is set to lead the state in the research of genetically modified crops thanks to a new facility announced by the state government.
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