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IF YOU enjoy the outdoors and want native bushland to thrive, consider joining a local Bushcare group. There are 12 groups in Ipswich with more…

A GROUP of motorbike riders are turning joy rides into lifesaving missions. The riders are members of Bloodbikes Australia, a volunteer-run organisation that transports blood…

THIRTY years have passed since Moreton Shire was merged with the Ipswich City Council. A group of former colleagues have planned a reunion and have…

ANDREW Rachow was working with heavy machinery on a rural property in Ebenezer to support his growing family but instead it nearly cost him his…

WHEN snake catcher Harrison Aveleven gets a callout to the Rosewood or Walloon area his expectation is he will be wrangling one of the more…

ROSEWOOD Bowls Club members, officials and supporters celebrated their 70th anniversary “party’’ with a special visitor. Life member Edie Bambling, who turns 104 in August,…

THERE are many ways to see in an 80th birthday but few do it better than Rosewood’s Betty Claydon. Betty loves classic cars … and…

PRENZLAU farmer Megan Bowden became a producer four years ago after being inspired by a documentary. Now she’s the one offering the inspiration. Megan developed…

A YOUNG family are dealing with the aftermath of a theft where valuable and sentimental items were stolen when their container was broken into. Keegan…

WHY did legends build around bushrangers in the colonial times? Many were violent in their approach to their victims or to coin a phrase of…

ROSEWOOD Little Athletics centre manager Kyrlie Thomson deserves a gold medal for her leadership during a tough five months. However, she hopes an important meeting…

ROSEWOOD Auxiliary Fire Brigade Captain Trevor Meier returned home on Monday after 10 days on the ground in flood ravaged north Queensland. Relentless rain and…