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Saleyards upgrade tender chosen

Constructing and installing auctioneers’ walkways overhead and new selling pens at Corowa Saleyards are expected to commence in the near future. Corowa based firm Focus Engineering was awarded the tender for $431,926 for the upgrade, by Federation...

Robert Muir

Pool delay – April next year

Corowa’s new $10.3 million swimming pool is not expected to be completed and open to the public until April 2021, instead of the previously anticipated opening for the 2020-2021 season. “Some unforeseen delays have now become evident in the...

Robert Muir

Military motorcycles and more!

Up to 100 military motorcycles and many other various ex-military vehicles, together with over 1,000 attendant people will be in Corowa for at least a week next month. It will be for the 41st annual Khaki Vehicle Enthusiasts Incorporated (KVE)...

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From war-torn Germany to Corowa

Corowa resident for 70 years, Stan Jaszczyk, has been remembered as a hard worker who overcame so much hardship in his early life since he fled from war-torn Germany.

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Alleged ram-raid in Corowa

Police are appealing for information following an alleged ram-raid at the Corowa Car Wash late last Thursday night.

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$364,867 unpaid rates recouped

Federation Council conducted the Sale for Rates auctions on August 17 and 24, 2019 at which 17 properties were sold at auction, with three properties being sold by private treaty after the auction. As a result, $364,867 in outstanding rates and...

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Resealing the right way – engineer

Federation Council’s resealing of some rural roads over gravel is to hold the road together and is not an expensive practice. Council’s director engineering services Steve Carmichael was answering a question from Cr Fred Longmire at council’s...

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Fraser’s -14 in Vic Open

It was enthralling golf and star Corowa international golfer Marcus Fraser was right in it to snatch the Victorian Open Championship title at 13th Beach Barwon Heads last Sunday. With four sub-par rounds, including a brilliant seven-under-par second...

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Proud of winning floats

Much talk about the Federation Festival floats along Sanger Street during the Australia Day weekend has since continued. Team members from Corowa Lions Club who put their creative float together were so proud they won Most Innovative Themed Float...

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30th birthday for Men’s Probus

Corowa identity Jim Carter clearly remembers a meeting in 1990 in the former Corowa Shire Council Chambers which was attended by 67 people. “The Rotary Club of Corowa believed a Men’s Probus Club in Corowa should be established and delegated...

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‘World class’ medical facility planned

An icon for decades, the old Corowa Nurses Home is to be demolished and transformed into a ‘world class’ multi-million dollar, comprehensive medical and allied health facility for Corowa. Built around 1950, the big, disused Murrumbidgee Health...

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Welcome doctor!

She has only just started work in Corowa but Dr Grace Ukich loves her new working environment at the Corowa Medical Centre. It’s the regional lifestyle she likes, especially having lived in nearby Barooga, attended secondary schooling in...

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Howlong land purchase

The potential now exists for the expansion of the Howlong Resource Centre with Federation Council’s offer of $72,000 to purchase the adjoining vacant land being accepted. “Contracts have been exchanged,” acting director corporate and community...

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‘New’ council meeting change

The first meeting of the newly elected Federation Council in September this year will be held on Tuesday, September 29 – instead of the usual third Tuesday of the month - to allow the ‘new’ council to take office after the election. Local...

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The Australia we want – Cathy McGowan AO

Building on from 1893, Australia’s history, young people, leadership and the contribution of rural and regional Australia to the nation are crucial for the sound future of the nation. That’s what special guest speaker at the fifth annual Rotary...

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Annual Tim Fischer Oration Dinner

Australia’s much respected, the late Tim Fischer AC was toasted at the fifth annual Rotary Club of Corowa Tim Fischer Oration Dinner in Oddfellows Hall Corowa on Friday, January 25. It was the first oration dinner in Tim’s honour since his sad...

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Spectacular Sir Elton show

Sir Elton John’s promise of delivering the most produced and fantastic show he’s ever done certainly happened at A Day On The Green at All Saints Estate Wahgunyah last Wednesday night. It contained all the creativity and passion that the...

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Council assisting bushfire victims

At Tuesday’s monthly meeting, Federation Council Mayor Pat Bourke outlined council’s assistance to victims of the devastating bushfires. “Federation Council has offered various assistance measures to people impacted, and this has been...

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