Emergency department is not being closed by stealth, Health Minister says
The safety of residents is the only reason EDs at Tailem Bend and elsewhere are still shut, Stephen Wade says.
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Murray Bridge council watch: July 2020
On the agenda this month: housing for troubled youth, a farming memorial, a new board for Lerwin, a pump track at Callington and more.
GM crops debate begins in Murray Bridge
The city's council wants to know what residents, and especially farmers, think.
Baby rhino due this month at Monarto Safari Park
Umqali, a southern white rhinoceros, is expecting again, Zoos SA says.
Sturt Reserve redevelopment to start within six weeks
The first stage of a multi-million-dollar overhaul of Murray Bridge's riverfront is about t begin.
It’s Reedy Creek Road, not Speedy Creek Road: driver nabbed on way to Palmer
Plus vandalism on Wharf Hill and a heated dispute on Best Street.
Women's footy in crisis as Murraylands Swans left without home ground for 2020
The region's only women's football team came close to folding; now its leaders are appealing for the community to help.
Headspace will move to bigger, more responsive walk-in centre
The Murray Bridge mental health service will leave the old railway building that has been a one-stop shop for youth since 2008.
$110,000 shave for Oscar Noye may really have been world's greatest
The Leukaemia Foundation has praised a Murray Bridge family and the community members who rallied behind their fundraising effort.
Pedal prix cancelled due to COVID-19
One of Murray Bridge's biggest annual events will not go ahead in 2020.
Olive grower, ag scientists named to new Landscape SA board
The NRM era is over and a back-to-basics focus has returned in the Murraylands and Riverland.
Torana engine block, parts stolen from Murray Bridge property
Police are investigating a break-in on the north side of Murray Bridge.