St Arnaud, Australia News

A WOMAN was killed by a falling gum tree as wild weather lashed Victoria. The 49-year-old woman was walking across a basketball court at a Maryborough school with a family member when tragedy struck.

Across Victoria, State and Emergency Service volunteers responded to more than 600 requests for assistance.

UPDATE 4.10pm: TWO people are trapped under fallen trees and thousands are without power as wild weather whips across Victoria.

WOMAN has died after she was crushed under a fallen tree that was brought down in wild storms this afternoon.

Building is ready to start on schools in St Arnaud, Minyip and Rupanyup with builders' contracts having now been awarded for $2,885,000 worth of work, Member for Northern Victoria Region, Candy Broad announced today.

Residents in the St Arnaud district will have even better access to the best quality health services thanks to a $55,200 funding boost to the East Wimmera Health Service for capital upgrades.

Mayor GA©rald Tremblay is going to start showing some new political horsepower in the coming weeks - " and his new recruits will demonstrate that his Union Montreal has more "unifying" potential than Louise Harel's emerging team, says one of the mayor's aides.

Radio-Canada is saying that Mayor Tremblay has recruited Francois Purcell , who used to be head of Vision Montreal, as well as Claire Saint-Arnaud, who also used to be with the opposition party.

Concerns for the viability of gaming venues in Stawell and St Arnaud have been raised by the Northern Grampians Shire Council.

Students of Stawell, Ararat and St Arnaud secondary schools toured Stawell Gold Mines in what was the first of many visits to local businesses and industries during Careers Month.

A number of youth organisations have benefited from the latest round of youth grants approved by the Northern Grampians Shire Council.

A Stawell business owner has described participation in a Wimmera program at the core of a burgeoning regional business network as `life-changing'. Graphic designer Jackie Peacock said the Leadership Wimmera program designed specifically for business owners and decision makers had been eye-opening and an exercise in self-understanding. ``I've ...

The Northern Grampians has continued to experience high visitation, with encouraging figures released for the first four months of the year.

St Arnaud residents will have more opportunities to get physically active thanks to $60,000 in Victorian Government funding to upgrade the St Arnaud Indoor Sports Stadium Surface.

Northern Grampians Shire Council has been successful in obtaining a grant to restore honour boards at the St Arnaud RSL as part of the Victorian Government's Restoring Community War Memorials grant program.

Median house prices in the Northern Grampians Shire have increased significantly in the last 12 months.

One of the founders of pony clubs in the Midland Zone, Stawell's Clarrie King, has been awarded life membership of the State Pony Club Association of Victoria.

Northern Grampians Shire Council will engage external assistance to complete the review of its Municipal Planning Scheme.

Northern Grampians Shire Council has launched an attack on telecommunications giant Telstra, for continuing with plans to remove payphones around Stawell.

Concerns for the viability of gaming venues in Stawell and St Arnaud have been raised by the Northern Grampians Shire Council.