Local News
11 Mar 10 | A MUKINBUDIN pensioner drove his wife to Kununoppin Hospital after an alleged misunderstanding with hospital staff.
11 Mar 10 | NAREMBEEN farmer’s wife Gina DeLuis has been flying high after winning a brand new Toyota Rav4 worth $30,000 as well as $20,000 worth of travel in the West Coast Eagles members’ raffle.
11 Mar 10 | WAFARMERS will hold a crisis meeting on Friday, March 19, to make a public appeal to State and Federal Governments about the pending disaster about to hit the WA Wheatbelt.
11 Mar 10 | THE project of relocating the main street of Kellerberrin has reached a major milestone with the new road section opening last Tuesday.
11 Mar 10 | IT MIGHT sound like a bad joke, but three workers in Merredin recently dismantled eight old New Holland headers and packed them into five sea containers, a feat that took them nine days.
11 Mar 10 | DUST, wheelbarrows and other equipment indicate there is a lot of work going on inside, but the Cummins Theatre is set to sparkle when renovations are completed in June, according to theatre manager Jane Bandurski.
04 Mar 10 | A MERREDIN man has been sentenced to 42 months imprisonment for the burglary of several houses in the town.
04 Mar 10 | WHEATBELT Natural Resource Management (NRM) is offering a range of funding options to help land managers address wind erosion through the Soil Conservation Incentives Program.
04 Mar 10 | THE amount of rubbish accumulating by the side of Chandler Road each year is disappointing, according to Merredin Shire natural resource management officer Tobias Vudzijena.
04 Mar 10 | NAREMBEEN volunteers have achieved an environmental success story with the first ever translocation of the rare red-tailed phascogale into a wildlife sanctuary they built themselves.
04 Mar 10 | IT IS not often Merredin makes a national list, but a leading property bargain-hunter claims it is one of the most desirable places in the nation in which to invest.
25 Feb 10 | NAREMBEEN District High School started off the year by welcoming new teacher Duane Keating, who has spent his life travelling all over the world.
25 Feb 10 | BROADACRE farmer Trevor Syme is one of 12 Wheatbelt landholders helping to tackle wind erosion by improving the soil on his Bolgart farm.
25 Feb 10 | SOUTH Merredin Primary School won a giant teddy bear valued at $500 in a competition held by Merredin Nextra Newsagency.
25 Feb 10 | MERREDIN residents can continue to access treatment for aching backs, necks, joints and muscles thanks to two new physiotherapists who started at the hospital last week.
25 Feb 10 | GETTING together in a shed to play pool, darts, Wii games and have a cuppa and chat are the activities of the newly formed Merredin Men’s Club.
25 Feb 10 | MORE than 300 Wheatbelt farmers and community members unanimously rejected a State Government plan to close local railway lines at a forum in Bruce Rock last week.
18 Feb 10 | A PINK Ladies’ Day luncheon in Narembeen this Saturday will feature inspirational speakers and a focus on women’s health and pregnancy issues.
18 Feb 10 | LOCAL Government Minister John Castrilli has approved the amalgamation plans of Yilgarn and Westonia shires, after initially appearing to reject their proposal.
18 Feb 10 | A NEW computer program designed by Avongro will help farmers choose the most productive combinations of crops for their farm in future climate conditions.
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