More people find work as unemployment rate drops
THE unemployment rate has dropped to 2.9pc in the Limestone Coast as a nationwide job boom rolls on.
Statistics from the latest Small Area Labour...
Fire crews extinguish rubbish truck blaze
RECYCLABLES in the hopper of a council rubbish truck caught fire Thursday morning forcing the driver to return to the depot and call the...
Toast to wine leaders
THE Coonawarra wine industry recently celebrated two of its outstanding members with Michelle Stehbens and Bruce Redman named patrons of the Coonawarra Vignerons.
The honour...
New aged care service member appointed
FURNER farmer and volunteer health administrator Gwenda Lawlor has recently been appointed to the board of Millicent not-for-profit organisation Boneham Aged Care Services.
It provides...
Leadership scholarship winner driven to break south-west Victorian ‘silo mentality’
VICTORIAN woman Lauren Peterson hopes her new leadership skills will help her break the silo mentality that invades dairy farms and communities across south-west...
New exhibition 40 years in the making
ONE of South Australia's most internationally experienced artists will showcase work spanning four decades at an upcoming exhibition.
Curated by Linda Marie Walker, the Riddoch...
New leadership initiative
THE inaugural Limestone Coast Leadership Program (LCLP) is under way with the first session held in Robe this week.
A select group of 16 participants...
Convention awarded
THE flow-on effect to the Penola district of the 35th International Beefsteak and Burgundy Convention was recognised on Saturday when it was named Wattle...
Upgrade gets seniors back outdoors
THE elderly residents at Millicent's Sheoak Lodge aged care facility will be able to move independently in a newly renovated courtyard thanks to a...
Roos host Bulldogs in match of the round
CRICKET returns to Mount Gambier and district over the weekend, following the bye across all grades for Australia Day last week.
In the Barber Shield...
Specialist aged care training
TWO Boandik Lodge employees are among just a handful of Limestone Coast residents to have completed a Bachelor in Dementia Care.
Theresa Connor and Merrilyn...
State tourism council announces name change
THE SOUTH Australian Tourism Industry Council has changed its name to avoid the "common confusion" with the similarly named State Government tourism body.
The non-for-profit...
Nelson Regatta hits the water
THE return of the Nelson Regatta has finally arrived with the events set to make a big splash across the next four days after...
