Fest enters 19th year of celebrating spuds
FROM the Red Foo to the Royal Blue, there are a huge range of potatoes that grow on the Dunn family farm at North...
New heights score PB and medal for Evelyn
FLYING Bacchus Marsh schoolgirl Evelyn Grant has jumped higher than ever before to get among the medals at the 2026 Coles Australian Little Athletics...
Health service’s cancer care evolves
CANCER patients across the region are benefitting from a partnership between Grampians Health and national not-for-profit cancer research organisation Omico, aimed at using precision...
Mingle and marvel at mushroom fest
THIS weekend's Moorabool Mushroom Festival will bring leading fungi experts and keen citizen scientists together to marvel at the remarkable world of the mushroom. Taking...
Lions raise over $26k for kids’ hospital
AFTER days of collecting and many solid hours of can-rattling the Lions Club of Bacchus Marsh raised a total of $26,177 for this year's...
Remarkable Relayathon result
THE little athletes of Bacchus Marsh have punched well above their weight, notching up the second highest Good Friday Appeal tally for any Little...
‘Called to keep going’: St Pauls to celebrate 160th
NOT all that long ago, St Paul's Uniting Church in Ballan was facing a dwindling congregation and striving to remain open. Now the historic church...
Witches’ Fair brewing in Bacchus Marsh
KEEP an eye out for black cats and pentagons as Bacchus Marsh brews up a witches' fair this weekend. Happening indoors at the Bacchus Marsh...
Creative grants up for grabs
WITH handy grants of between $10,000 and $30,000 on offer, local artists and creatives will need to get cracking this month if they want...
Natural forces focus photographer’s eye
FROM a young age, Lloyd K Williams had a tendency to record the world around him with image and word. Now the local photographer and...
School re-zoning win for families
YEARS of lobbying to have Ballan residents re-zoned for inclusion in the Daylesford Secondary College school zone have finally paid off for local families. The...
Campaign to help Emi stay on her feet
A FUNDRAISER is underway to help a Bacchus Marsh girl who needs surgery to prevent her from becoming paralysed has been. Ten-year-old Emeliah Flenley, or...
