COVID-19

  • Married and buried in the age of COVID

    Married and buried in the age of COVID

    It’s a tough time to need a funeral or to want to get married. But local celebrants say that despite…

  • Sacred Heart College student tests positive for COVID-19

    Sacred Heart College student tests positive for COVID-19

    Local health services have confirmed that a student at Sacred Heart College in Kyneton has tested positive for coronavirus (COVID-19)….

  • Market cancelled amid coronavirus fears

    Market cancelled amid coronavirus fears

    Community concern over potential coronavirus transmission resulted in the cancellation of the Lancefield and District Farmers Market last Saturday. Vivien…

  • Gisborne Secondary College closed for COVID

    Gisborne Secondary College closed for COVID

    Gisborne Secondary College was closed on Monday after two positive cases of COVID-19 were linked to the school over the…

  • Increase in cases linked to Don KR

    Increase in cases linked to Don KR

    Don KR’s Castlemaine factory remains temporarily closed with the company confirming six cases of coronavirus linked to the site as…

  • Four COVID cases linked to MYJC

    Four COVID cases linked to MYJC

    Four Department of Education employees working at the Malmsbury Youth Justice Centre have now returned positive tests for COVID-19. A…

  • ‘Protect the region’

    ‘Protect the region’

    A Kyneton business owner has refused to take bookings from people wanting to visit from Melbourne’s coronavirus lockdown areas. Ellenis…

  • YJC LOCKDOWN

    YJC LOCKDOWN

    Malmsbury Youth Justice Centre is in lockdown after a worker tested positive for coronavirus over the weekend. The Midland Express…

  • Second COVID-19 case confirmed for Coles Woodend

    Second COVID-19 case confirmed for Coles Woodend

    A second team member at Coles’ Woodend supermarket is self-isolating after testing positive for COVID-19. A Coles spokesperson said the…

  • New coronavirus cases for Macedon Ranges

    New coronavirus cases for Macedon Ranges

    The Macedon Ranges has recorded two new active cases of COVID-19 since yesterday, bringing the total number of active cases…

  • Get Lost Quick in the collective

    Get Lost Quick in the collective

    Ten local creative projects will receive $1000 each in funding support from Mount Alexander Shire Council’s rapid-response Get Lost Quick…

  • Farmers looking after their own

    Farmers looking after their own

    Arnold-based primary producers Carly and Darren Noble of small farm business The Agri-Food Network recently launched a Mental Health Gift…