Shepparton News Single Story Panel 1 2023-01-15
Publish Time: 10:00 am
police
Guns and explosives device seized from Mooroopna shed
Monique Preston
- Police have seized five guns and an explosives device from a Mooroopna shed.
- All the items were found in two toolboxes in a shed at a Stevens Cres property on Tuesday, January 10.
- A 46-year-old Mooroopna man was arrested on Wednesday morning.
Shepparton News Single Story Panel 2 2023-01-15
Publish Time: 01:00 pm
flood recovery
Work under way to remove temporary levee in Echuca’s east
Bransen Gibson
- The 3km levee built in Echuca’s east to protect the town from floodwaters is being removed.
- Construction began earlier this week and it is expected that it will take three weeks to complete
- The work is estimated to cost around $350,000, which will be funded by Emergency Recovery Victoria.
Shepparton News Single Story Panel 3 2023-01-15
Publish Time: 08:00 pm
pest control
Rotting carp ‘plague’ after floods
McPherson Media Group
- A carp ‘plague’ has descended on flood-hit parts of the Murray-Darling Basin.
- Authorities are urging farmers to move livestock away from areas with decomposing fish.
- This issue could lead to carp spreading further into the previously carp-free upper reaches of the river system.