Music to Mannum’s ears
Music will continue to ring out over Mannum well after the town’s Christmas carols wrap up on the weekend.The Mid Murray Council has installed...
Give family your presence
TWO Murray Bridge families, who have lost loved ones in car accidents, are urging the community to take care on the road these holidays.Katie Kneebone...
Win ticket to ‘Sounds’
The Murray Valley Standard has 15 double passes to giveaway to Sounds by the River which will be hosted in Mannum on January 16.For...
Diamond milestone reached
In the early 1950s Gordon Thoman met the love of his life.A beautiful young woman caught his eye at a country dance in Alford...
It’s our oval: Keen
Johnstone Park should not be sold without the public being consulted first, a Murray Bridge councillor has argued.At a council meeting on Monday night, Cr Airlie...
1992: Lerwin expands
From the archives of The Murray Valley Standard, December 17, 1992.A $276,000 Federal Government grant has cleared the way for Lerwin Nursing Home’s $900,000...
Meningie school set for upgrade
Plans for an upgrade at Meningie Area School should be released next year.Coorong District Council staff recently met with representatives from the Department of...
NDIS rollout approved
The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) will support all South Australians with a disability by 2019, the State and Federal governments have announced.The governments...
Gonna see their faces
By the time Sounds by the River rolls around in January, it will have been almost 40 years since a crowd first screamed its...
Fatal crash on Dukes Highway
One person has been killed in a crash between a car and a truck on the Dukes Highway at Cooke Plains.Emergency services responded to...
Truck show cancelled
The 2026 SA Truck and Ute Show has been cancelled, with organisers citing fuel supply uncertainty and concerns around travel as key factors behind...
