Category Archives: The Northern Midlands Courier

As a senior scientist in cannabis crop production at Extractas Bioscience it stands to reason that when Lizzie Preece turns her agricultural expertise to growing flowers, she gets results.

More than 40 properties from around the state submitted stellar fleeces from their flocks for judging for the Longford Show tomorrow.

Anthony Gibbons grew up at Longford and coached Longford seniors to the long-awaited ‘89 premiership and he worked at the Longford meatworks for 20 plus years, but for the past two years he’s been driving trucks for Island Fresh Produce.

Cookie Monster and Elmo have left Sesame Street bound for Hobhouse Street on October 21.

The 30th anniversary of the Lyndale Football Club plane crash at Western Junction was the first time survivors Ken Stewart and Scott Blakely had returned to the site where they lost their teammates Mark Baxter, 31, his brother Lance, 29, Glenn King, 31, Dean Prendergast, 24, Scott Young, 23, and Kevin Connor, 22.

Ross ladies who have found a new spring in their step since joining a stretch and strengthen class will line up for the 5km walk at the Ross Running Festival on Sunday, September 24 under the team name “Fit and Fabulous”.

David Oakely, 82, remembers the night he was called out with the Northern Midlands SES to cut open a vehicle with the old “jaws of life”.

In his book-lined office in an old brick farmhouse in the main street of Evandale, light streaming in through a window, two greyhounds sprawled out at his feet, Dean Yates could not appear to be further removed from the world he writes about.

Four precious stained glass windows have been successfully removed, restored and re-set in the Holy Trinity Anglican Church at Cressy.

Ross Hotel general manager Ralf Wittmann opened his doors to host the inaugural Kickin’ Chicken Wings Challenge but he didn’t expect to win what was the first round of a statewide chilli eating contest.