Your top ten most popular stories in August

A Brimpaen car collision in the early hours of Sunday morning left a man in hospital. A Horsham police spokesperson said police attended a collision that occurred at about 2am on Brimpean-Laharum Road on Sunday, August 1. The male driver was taken by ambulance to Wimmera Base Hospital. Read the full story here.

In a shocking twist that not even Nostradamus could foretell, Horsham's Ashleigh Freckleton was sent packing from The Bachelor, despite establishing chemistry with bachelor Jimmy. While the conversations between the pair flowed and the body language were positive, there was one thing lacking: chemistry. Ashleigh said she took away numerous fond memories and critical learnings from the Bachelor, including a once in a lifetime opportunity. Read the full interview here.

Lake Hindmarsh, once a bountiful lake, is now little more than an imposing bowl of scrubland, golden wattle and grass. With water flowing from the Jeparit weir once more into the lake for the first time in at least five years, memories of the lake at its heyday have risen to the surface. Locals sat down with Alexander Blain to talk about the glory days. Read the full story here.

Unbeaten Noradjuha-Quantong have another reason to smile after the club announced Gareth Hose and Damian Cameron would lead the Bombers as joint coaches in 2022. "I can't wait to work with Damo, we've got similar philosophies on the game and the way we like the game to be played," Hose said. Read the full announcement here.

Horsham's Austin McKenzie is set to take a big step in his basketball career later this month, when he flies to the US to start his college basketball career. The 18-year-old will attend the South East Community college in Nebraska (a junior college) who he will spend the next two years playing basketball for in the NJCAA Division 2, as well as fulfilling studying commitments. Read his amazing journey here.

AMCAL Horsham organised a rapid, walk-in vaccination day on Sunday, August 22. From 9.30am to 1pm, Horsham residents pulled up their sleeves to get vaccinated against COVID-19. The walk-in clinic was open for anyone over 18-years-old.

The Horsham Demons announced its senior coaches for the 2022 season, with premiership player Tyler Blake stepping up to join Jordyn Burke as co-coach. It will be Blake's first taste of senior coaching, while Burke has extensive coaching experience, having first coached Horsham to a flag in 2014, before taking the helm of North Ballarat City in 2016 and 2017. Read the full announcement here.

"Take photos of your precious jewellery": a message Britt Bacon after a recent home burglary. The Horsham mum of three had just returned home from dropping her kids off at school when she noticed the back door wedged open. Read the harrowing ordeal here.

HORSHAM basketballing legend Melissa Sinfield has been inducted into the Basketball Western Australia Hall of Fame. Reflecting on her decorated career, that includes 191 WNBL games and nine seasons in the WA state league, Sinfield said that she never forgot her roots. Read how a country girl became legend of basketball in Western Australia.