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Reds shaping up as the team to beat

A DOMINANT performance with both bat and ball helped propel Berri Red to a win in the latest round of Riverland baseball. The Reds relied heavily on Tony Halupka being a strong force with the bat, while outstanding pitching by former young Pirate...

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1 hour ago

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‘Cash-king’ MP points to Berri service outage

TELSTRA’S outage around Berri in recent days is further evidence of the need to retain cash, a South Australian MP says. Local social media blew up with complaints about the outage, which started last week and is expected to end today. Locals...

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Time capsule retrieved ahead of Ramco Lutheran Church centenary celebrations

RAMCO St Paul’s Lutheran Church congregation members have retrieved a time capsule placed inside the wall of the current church containing items from when the original church was built in 1924. Roger Davies, Mark Doecke and Ron Simpfendorfer on...

Christine Webster

1 hour ago

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Community come together to create a Christmas wonderland

A MERRY group of PLL contracted workers donated their time to the Christmas Wonderland display last month, the many helping hands saving hours of work in the lead up to the Loxton Lights Up Festival. Three buses of PLL workers decorated the Loxton...

Madison Eastmond

1 hour ago

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Helen shares her passion for mosaic

THE guest speaker for the recent Paringa branch of Women in Agriculture and Business meeting was Helen Burgemeister, disability support care worker who describes herself as addicted to mosaic. This passion was ignited in 1997 – on the day Princess...

Staff Contributors

21 Nov 2024

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Pasin calls to report blackspots

THE Riverland’s Federal MP is encouraging locals to provide feedback regarding mobile blackspots across the area. Barker MP Tony Pasin has questioned the government when it comes to addressing mobile blackspots, due to the fact that in the...

Sebastian Calderon

21 Nov 2024

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Girl Guides raise awareness and support for local women in need

THE Berri Girl Guides and the Haven Riverland have united to supply local women in need of vital personal products with dignity this month, with their efforts inspired by and raising awareness for the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based...

Madison Eastmond

21 Nov 2024

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Loxton prepared for community Christmas spirit showcase

LOXTON’S biggest Christmas celebrations are just around the corner, with next weekend’s Light Up Day beginning the town’s festive season. Kicking off the Loxton Lights Festival, on Saturday 30 November, Light Up Day is Loxton’s most-popular...

Staff Contributors

20 Nov 2024

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Berri Barmera gift cards, another way to shop local this Christmas

RIVERLANDERS will have another opportunity to shop local this Christmas with the release of new Berri Barmera gift cards. The Berri Barmera Why Leave Town gift cards can be used at over 40 local businesses in the district. Berri Barmera Council...

Staff Contributors

20 Nov 2024

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Tegan receives state honours for her care and advocacy

TEGAN Cross’ role as a long-term carer and continual dedication to improving the lives of others, supporting family or friends who live with a disability, mental illness, or health condition, has made the Berri advocate and mother a semi-finalist...

Madison Eastmond

20 Nov 2024

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Bunnings Berri gifting dignity

GIVING the deserved gift of dignity to women and girls across the Riverland, Bunnings Berri is collecting local donations of personal care products for those most in need this festive season. As collection points opened at Bunnings stores nationwide...

Madison Eastmond

20 Nov 2024

Community

Berri to Bute

AN unused train previously sitting on a Riverland property has been relocated to its historical home on the Yorke Peninsula. The 406 Red Hen train that had previously been located near the Big Orange, between Berri and Renmark, was on Monday...

Hugh Schuitemaker

20 Nov 2024

Community

Action Gerard’s ‘key to prosperity’?

THE current Gerard Council will again appear before the Berri Court, in January, with a “reset” in its management needed to help the community, according to a well-known local figure. A report in last week’s edition of The Murray Pioneer...

Hugh Schuitemaker

20 Nov 2024

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Telstra upgrades cause signal outage in Berri

MOBILE and internet service outages in Berri have been deemed “unacceptable” by the region’s State MP, however Telstra expects the issues to be cleared by Friday. Berri has been left with no Telstra signal since the weekend, with outages...

Sebastian Calderon

20 Nov 2024

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Community concerns ignored?

A FORMER Riverland councillor has said the State Government ignored his concerns about debris of a water regulator thought to be removed more than a decade ago. During recent dredging of Chamber’s Creek, done on behalf of the State Government to...

Madison Eastmond

20 Nov 2024