Police News

Driver blows .250 in Renmark

A VICTORIAN man has lost his licence after being caught driving fives times over the legal alcohol limit. About 6.20pm, on Friday 24 January, police spotted a Mitsubishi ute travelling north west on the Sturt Highway and stopped the vehicle on...

Staff Contributors

30 Jan 2025

Emergency Services

Moorook driver blows 0.194

A RIVERLANDER has lost his licence and will appear in court after being found driving nearly four times over the legal alcohol limit. On Sunday 19 January, about 5.35pm, police stopped a 57-year-old man, from Moorook, on Gogel Road, in Moorook, for...

Staff Contributors

27 Jan 2025

Emergency Services

Man arrested for Barmera assault

TWO men required treatment in hospital after being assaulted with scissors in Barmera last weekend. Police and ambulance crews were called to a service station car park, on Tonkin Avenue, about 11.55pm, on Saturday 18 January, after reports a man...

Staff Contributors

27 Jan 2025

Emergency Services

Drink driving locals caught last Friday

TWO Riverlanders will appear in court after being caught driving while over the alcohol limit last week. On Friday 10 January, police stopped a 24-year-old man, from Barmera, on Maddern Street, in Berri, for a random driver test. He returned...

Staff Contributors

21 Jan 2025

Emergency Services

Salisbury Downs driver blows .123 in Riverland

A SALISBURY Downs man has been caught driving in the Riverland while more than two-times over the legal alcohol limit. On Friday 3 January, Loxton Police reported a 37-year-old woman, from Loxton, after she was caught driving while being...

Staff Contributors

21 Jan 2025

Emergency Services

Children injured in boat crash

THREE children have been injured after a boat towing an inflatable tube in the Murray River collided with a tree stump at Morgan. Emergency services and police were called to the river near Pelican Parade, at approximately 11.40am, on Saturday 11...

Staff Contributors

21 Jan 2025

Emergency Services

Mountain bike stolen from Patey Drive

POLICE are investigating the theft of a mountain bike from a Renmark property. Between 3am, on Wednesday 8 January, and 10am, on Thursday 9 January, unknown offenders stole a mountain bike from a property at Patey Drive, in Renmark. The bike is...

Staff Contributors

16 Jan 2025

Emergency Services

Hilux stolen from Chaffey home

POLICE investigations are continuing into the theft of a vehicle stolen in Renmark last week. Between 5pm and 10.30pm, on Thursday 9 January, a black Toyota Hilux was stolen from a house on Teal Street, Chaffey. It is understood the vehicle was then...

Lachlan Dand

16 Jan 2025

Emergency Services

Locals rescue missing jet skiers

A MAN and woman from Adelaide, who had to be rescued on Thursday evening after their jet ski overturned on the Murray River, are grateful to the quick actions of two Waikerie men who found them. Simon Jenke, and his son Nathan, decided to help...

Christine Webster

10 Jan 2025

Police News

Two men arrested after threatening a resident at Pyap

LOXTON police arrested two men after reports of them having entered a Pyap property and threatening its owner. On Saturday 7 December, two men entered a rural property, in Pyap, and allegedly threatened its occupant and later ransacked the house...

Staff Contributors

01 Jan 2025

Emergency Services

‘Vital’ equipment stolen from Waikerie’s pool

POLICE are investigating the theft of a defibrillator from a public swimming pool in Waikerie earlier this month. Sometime between 10am on Friday 13 December, and 4pm on Monday 16 December, the defibrillator, installed in public places to save...

Staff Contributors

28 Dec 2024

Emergency Services

Local, 27, on child sex charges

A 27-year-old Riverland man will face court charged with child sexual offences. ‘Thursday 19 December, following an investigation, Detectives from Public Protection Branch ANCOR unit, together with Berri CIB, arrested the man last week for procuring...

Staff Contributors

28 Dec 2024

Emergency Services

Minor injuries in Lowbank collision

EMERGENCY services were called to the Sturt Highway, at Lowbank, east of Waikerie, last Tuesday after receiving reports of a vehicle leaving the road and colliding with a tree. Police said the male driver, in his 20s, was transported to hospital...

Christine Webster

28 Dec 2024

Emergency Services

Fatal crash at Swan Reach

A RIVERLAND West woman has lost her life after her car collided with a tree last week. At about 10.40pm, on Friday 20 December, police and emergency services were called to Anzac Avenue, at Swan Reach, near Blanchetown, after reports a black Ford...

Staff Contributors

28 Dec 2024

Emergency Services

‘Dangerous and unusable’

AN important Riverland road – used to service Lake Victoria, and as a back-up source of water for South Australia – is both “dangerous and unusable”, a long-time Riverland resident says. Waikerie man and retired irrigator Ted Angove says...

Staff Contributors

27 Dec 2024