Tailem Bend ferry needs maintenance for the second time in two weeks
The River Murray crossing will close for a while next Wednesday, February 14.
Peri Strathearn
I'm an award-winning, community-minded journalist who has lived and worked in South Australia's Murraylands since 2012.
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When selling a house, how much is too much to ask?
Home values are rising in the Murraylands, so how can a vendor decide on a selling price? Raine and Horne’s Michael Cox and Casey DeMichele offer their advice.
Happy 100th birthday, Lorna Kemp
A Murray Bridge resident reflects on her life locally, at Lameroo and in Adelaide, and what it feels like to be a century old.
RAA plans EV charging station at Tailem Bend
A new electric vehicle charging point at Dickson Reserve would form part of the statewide RAA Charge network.
Murray Bridge High School gets first look at SA-made Chromebook laptops
International mega-corporation Google has chosen Allied, an Adelaide manufacturer, to build its laptops – and local year 7 students have become the first to test them out.
Watch out for speed cameras in the Murraylands this week
Plus SA Police chase a speeding car through the region, make two more arrests after a Tailem Bend drug bust, and report a bunch of motorists for drink and drug driving.
More than half of River Murray boaties break the rules, crackdown suggests
Marine Safety SA have issued warnings and fines to hundreds of boat users in an Australia Day long weekend blitz.
Royal Society for the Blind auxiliary shuts down after 60 years
A Murray Bridge organisation which has raised funds for vision-impaired people since the 1960s has wound up its operations.
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$31.3 million promised for Lower Murray levee repairs
Twelve months on from the peak of the River Murray flood, the state and federal governments have finally come up with a long-term plan to help irrigators.
Tailem Bend ferry will close for repairs on February 8
Motorists will have to detour around one River Murray crossing for a day next week.
Leadership program bears fruit for Mypolonga volunteer
Bec Turner is one of 142 beneficiaries of a Murraylands and Riverland program for future leaders – and she hopes more will sign up in 2024.