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Get your skin checked at the footy at Lameroo this weekend
The Australian Melanoma Research Foundation will provide free cancer screenings at this Saturday’s Southern Mallee-Imperials matches.
Peri Strathearn
I'm an award-winning, community-minded journalist who has lived and worked in South Australia's Murraylands since 2012.
🏛️ Council
Landscape levy fight looms between regional councils and SA government
Why are council rate bills so high? A state government levy is one reason, Murray Bridge’s mayor says.
🚨 Crime and Fire
Motorbike stolen from Murray Bridge home
Plus a suspicious car fire in Mannum, witnesses sought to erratic driver and drink driver caught.
🗳️ Vote
Robe business owner will aim to take back Mackillop for the Liberal Party
The Liberals have named the candidate who will take on independent Nick McBride in the electorate which includes Tailem Bend in 2026.
🏗️ Growth
Mannum’s medical services are secure at new clinic
Mannum Medical Clinic has reopened at a new site on Adelaide Road.
🏆 Sport
Sports reports: Black Swans win NRL SA minor premiership
Plus the latest in local golf, darts, soccer, footy and netball.
🚨 Crime and Fire
Murraylands man dies in workplace accident
A 41-year-old man has died while working on a property at Pompoota.
📢 Sponsored
Isaac Peckover is loving life on the dream team at Ahrns Electrical
With the final exam of his apprenticeship completed, Isaac Peckover is about to be a fully qualified electrician, and there’s nowhere else he’d rather be than Murray Bridge.
🚨 Crime and Fire
Watch out for speed cameras this weekend
Plus police arrest a Murray Bridge driver for various offences and warn about rural property theft.
Murraylands’ unemployment rate sneaks up from historic low
The unemployment rate in Murray Bridge rose to 4.4 per cent in the first quarter of 2025, according to the latest estimates.
🙂 Good News
ABC partners with Murray Bridge News on content-sharing project
You might see some ABC News content on this website during the next few weeks as part of the Australian Local News Resilience Project.
🏗️ Growth
Murray Bridge’s new timber wharf is officially open
A boat terminal and fishing spot at Sturt Reserve has reopened with the completion of a replacement wharf – and the Murray Princess is back, too.