Maternity, dialysis upgrades needed at Murray Bridge hospital

A local councillor has raised the issue, and GPs and hospital board members hope to make it a prominent one at the 2026 state election.

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Three Adelaide Fringe shows you won’t want to miss in Murray Bridge in 2024

Country-style 80s music, a Neil Diamond tribute and Nitro Nat’s phantastic physics show are coming to Murray Bridge Performing Arts and Function Centre this month.

This week in history: February 8, 1924

Whooping cough sweeps through Murray Bridge Primary School, Swanport gets a telephone line and an Olympic fundraising campaign begins.

Andrew Mills remembered with memorial at Rockleigh CFS

A doctor who was instrumental to the establishment of Rockleigh’s Country Fire Service support group has been honoured at the local fire station.

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.

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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.

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Sports reports: Patrick Evans gets his first hole in one

Plus the latest in Lower Murray lawn bowls and Murray Towns cricket.

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.