Nhill, Australia News

A MAN who is walking from Perth to Sydney in a Star Wars Stormtrooper suit hopes to arrive in Horsham tonight.

PREDICTIONS for sunny skies and little rain for the first week of summer is welcome news for Wimmera farmers hoping for a clear harvest run.

"I certainly feel it's a great honour to get a second year in a row,'' he said. "We've got a lot of projects on the go, it's good to be able to oversee them still.'' He said a number of community projects were completed with the support of state and federal governments including Nine Creeks Reserve in Dimboola, Rainbow tennis courts, Jaxpex Park ... (more)

Export hay company Johnson's has downplayed reports a fire at its Nhill district hay storage site caused damage estimated at $1.5 million.

Horsham had 11 millimetres for the week to 9am yesterday, Warracknabeal had 10 millimetres, while Nhill and Dimboola both received eight millimetres.