Prep wins medal from the PM
A ST Gabriels Primary School prep student received a medal from Prime Minister Julia Gillard after winning a national colouring competition.
Mission to build an orphanage
FOLLOWING in the footsteps of a former "Lost boy" of Sudan, Latrobe Valley Refugee Action Network is practising what it preaches and travelling to South Sudan to establish an orphanage for homeless children.
Local success stories
WHAT do a ballet dancer who has performed for royalty, a sound engineer for Icelandic singer-songwriter Bjork, and the personal chef to European billionaires on board their megayachts have in common?
Summer science experience
AN exciting new perspective on the world of science, mathematics, medicine, psychology and engineering awaits Gippsland students this summer, with registrations now open for The Science Experience 2013, a three-day event hosted by Monash University Gippsland.
Innovation with vouchers
VOUCHERS worth up to $10,000 are now available to Victorian businesses and publicly funded research organisations to improve their innovation capability through access to professional courses, training or specialised skills development programs.
Search for yellow utility
VICTORIA police would like to speak to occupants of a yellow utility vehicle with New South Wales plates and a camper on the back,...
Ultralight crash
A MAN flying an ultralight aircraft was taken to Latrobe Regional Hospital last week in serious but stable condition after he crashed into Lake Narracan.
Bus moves along
A GOOD dose of the Christmas spirit in the form of Santa himself helped bring an impressive local fundraising effort for dialysis patients to its $40,000 total.
Penalties to increase
COUNTRY Fire Authority has warned anyone breaching key fire prevention rules face greater deterrents as the State Government increases penalties for not complying with the rules.
For whom the bell tolled
A SEARCH is on to solve the whereabouts of the original Morwell Fire Brigade bell which adorned the then fire station tower outside the original fire station before it was shifted in July 1953 to Church Street, Morwell.
Vandals strike at cemetery
"DISGUSTING" vandalism affecting several graves at Traralgon cemetery has upset grieving relatives.
Grassfires contained
TWO grassfires caused by a fallen powerline near Trafalgar were promptly contained by Country Fire Authority firefighters on Friday, but thousands of Moe and Trafalgar residents were left without power as temperatures soared above 40 degrees celsius.
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Ainsworth traded to Carlton
FOOTBALL
AFL EXPORTS
BY BLAKE METCALF-HOLT
MORWELL'S Ben Ainsworth is set for Carlton.
In the fifth day of the AFL Trade Period, the Gold Coast 158-gamer had his...
