Students cook up a storm
A TEAM of Penola High School Year 10 students are creating a stir in the community with the reopening of the popular Cafe 43.
Students...
Visitors return to Mary MacKillop interpretive facility
THE Mary MacKillop Penola Centre is once again open for business with a fresh look and new exhibits.
Centre staff and volunteers have already welcomed...
Wattle Range campaign encourages local spending
LIMESTONE Coast residents will be encouraged to shop local first through a campaign spearheaded by Wattle Range Council to help reduce the economic impacts...
Gym prepared to follow state’s COVID-19 safe marshal requirements
THE sole gym in Penola will remain operational but may require its users to undertake COVID-19 marshal training to ensure the business remains compliant...
Logging employees deemed essential travellers
MERRETT Logging employees will be able to conduct cross-border duties with the company's forestry workers deemed essential travellers in the primary industry sector.
Despite needing...
Federal minister visits city waste transfer station
FEDERAL Government Assistant Minister Trevor Evans visited the Mount Gambier waste transfer station last week as the government plans to ramp up its commitment...
‘Snatch and grab’ arrest following attempted theft
A FRIGHTENING attempt at a "snatch and grab" led to the dramatic citizen arrest of a Mount Gambier man at a small Commercial Street...
Virus restrictions force relocation
SEVERAL Penola district families have been forced to relocate into South Australia ahead of Friday's looming changes to cross-border community processes which will impact...
Pandemic forces band festival cancellation
MOUNT Gambier's Lions Blue Lake Brass Band Festival has been cancelled for the first time in over 60 years, citing the COVID-19 pandemic as...
Negotiations near completion for proposed Mount Gambier Medi-Hotel
NEGOTIATIONS are almost complete for the site of Mount Gambier's COVID-19 medi-hotel, which will house uninfected returning travellers, Limestone Coast Local Health Network chair...
Track manager races to city role
THE man supervising Murray Bridge's much-lauded race track will be charged with the responsibility of fixing Mount Gambier Racing Club's troublesome surface.
A weed infestation...
Jobs at risk as state health department denies Victorian workers’ applications
VICTORIAN-BASED aged care workers at one of Mount Gambier's residential facilities are likely to lose their jobs after their applications to enter South Australia...