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Workers rush to strengthen Lower Murray levees ahead of flood peak
The state Department for Environment and Water is re-measuring and repairing the levees which protect valuable farmland in the Murray Bridge and Coorong districts.
Peri Strathearn
I'm an award-winning, community-minded journalist who has lived and worked in South Australia's Murraylands since 2012.
🌊 Floods
Why can’t they let more water out of the barrages before the floods come?
You asked, so we sought answers from SA Water.
‘Aunties’ house’ could give roaming kids somewhere to go
Earlier intervention is needed to give Murray Bridge's preschoolers the best chance in life, service providers say.
Sports Reports: River Murray footballers moved from Sturt into West Adelaide zone
Plus the latest from the Coorong Cats, Lower Murray bowls, Murray Bridge Speedway and more.
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Local property market update: Six tips for anyone selling a home this summer
Raine and Horne Murraylands’ Michael Cox and Casey DeMichele offer some dos and don’ts for selling a property over the Christmas-new year period.
Murray-Darling Basin chief visits Murraylands on listening tour
Andrew McConville has come to hear what locals think about the way the River Murray is being managed.
🏛️ Council
Mypolonga sporting club, 27 other groups will share $150,000 worth of community grants
A footy scoreboard, a domestic violence memorial, an employment project and Murray Bridge’s Christmas carols are among projects funded by the city’s council.
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John DeMichele wants to get more heavy vehicles off Murray Bridge’s roads
You'll never get every truck off Hindmarsh and Maurice Roads, the council candidate says, but residents deserve to have their fears addressed.
Chapman Bore fire deemed suspicious
Plus police make seven arrests around the Murraylands after a series of drug raids, and two more on Murray Bridge's roads.
🏛️ Council
Passion or pragmatism: Murray Bridge voters face a striking mayoral choice
Dawn Matthews and Wayne Thorley are two very different candidates, the audience at a Murray Bridge News mayoral forum has heard.
🏛️ Council
Brenton Lewis farewelled at his last Murray Bridge council meeting
The mayor’s eight years in office are drawing to a close, but not before a bit of thanksgiving and reflection.