🚨 Emergencies
Man reportedly struck by lightning at the Bend Motorsport Park
Plus a four-wheel drive is stolen at Monarto, traffic police report two locals and authorities rule on a man’s death after a crash at Burdett.
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🙂 Good News
Recycle your phone to save a chimp at Monarto
South Australian households asked to recycle old mobiles to support primate conservation.
🗓 Things to Do
Things to do in the Murraylands: September 11-17, 2026
Your guide to everything happening in Murray Bridge and surrounds this week, thanks to Machinery Distributors Australia.
🙂 Good News
Meet Kane Parker, your everyday international model
Read an excerpt from the cover story in the spring 2026 edition of Murraylands Life magazine, available from September 11.
🏆 Sport
The Bend’s hot lap pilot returns to race in the Airtouch 500
Racing driver Brad Vaughan will this weekend race a Supercar on a track he knows well.
Cut tobacco tax to smash the black market, Liberals suggest
As local dealers are raided again, federal MP Tony Pasin has proposed to break the illicit tobacco trade by making cigarettes cheaper.
🏗️ Development
Golden North opening gets closer: ‘We’re at the pointy end now’
Murray Bridge’s new ice cream and cheese factory should be up and running in the near future, managing director Dimi Kyriazis says.
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Mannum dairy farmer is Australia’s rural woman of the year
Narelle Zanker has brought home a rare accolade from an Agrifutures awards ceremony in Canberra.
🏆 Sport
Sports reports: Ramblers’ Neil Button inducted into SA Football Hall of Fame
Plus the latest in local netball, golf, eight-ball, rowing, lawn bowls, table tennis and more.
Bremer Valley agave distillery goes into limited production
Callington’s Newell family have launched the first run of a new type of spirit in the Murraylands.
🏗️ Development
Work begins on new home for Murraylands Gymnastics Academy
After years of challenges, construction of a multi-million-dollar gymnastics centre has begun on the east side of Murray Bridge.
🙂 Good News
Two Jordans win top gongs at 2026 MTE SA Employee Awards
A carpenter and a business trainee from Murray Bridge have been named among 17 winners at one of the Murraylands’ top workplace awards.