Geranium celebrates centenary
The population of the small Mallee town of Geranium swelled to five times its normal size yesterday as it marked a major milestone.
View ArticleMissing Vic man found in south-east of SA
A search for a missing Victorian man has ended near Peake in the south-east of South Australia.
View ArticlePIRSA surveys locust infestation
The Department of Primary Industries and Resources SA (PIRSA) today begins a locust survey in regions around the state, including the Riverland and Mallee.
View ArticleBoundary panel considers changes
The boundary of the Coorong District Council could soon be extended to include the farming districts of Geranium and Parrakie.
View ArticleBoundary shake-up plan sparks opposition
The chief executive of the Southern Mallee Council says feedback on a proposal to change council boundaries for two towns in the region has been mostly negative.
View ArticleRatepayers not giving up boundaries fight
A group of ratepayers has stepped up its fight to change the boundaries of the Coorong council to include the towns of Geranium and Parrakie.
View ArticleOmbudsman steps into council-ratepayers' group row
The Ombudsman will today seek to reconcile differences between the Southern Mallee Council and the Geranium Ratepayers Association.
View ArticleMice woes delay crop sowing
A lack of recent rain and concerns about a mice plague are causing some farmers in South Australia's Mallee to delay sowing crops.
View ArticleOmbudsman clears Mallee council
An investigation by the Ombudsman has cleared a council in South Australia's Mallee of wrongdoing.
View ArticleFight on to reopen grain silo
The Southern Mallee District Council says it will do everything it can to encourage grain company Viterra to reopen a silo at Geranium in the Murray-Mallee.
View ArticleChildcare centre implements cost-cutting measures
A Mallee childcare centre says it has been forced to come up with several cost-cutting strategies, to deal with a drop in numbers.
View ArticleCouncil works towards more efficient mobile child care service
The Southern Mallee Council says it will seek to run its mobile child care service more efficiently.
View ArticleCouncil up-beat about mobile child care service funding
The Southern Mallee Council is optimistic it will secure more federal funding for its mobile child care service.
View ArticleRural gym tackling obesity epidemic
The tiny town of Geranium is in one of Australia's most obese regions but it's tackling the weighty issue with a new gym and some government help.
View ArticleCouncil up-beat about mobile child care service funding
The Southern Mallee Council says it is confident it can maintain and expand child care services in the region.
View ArticleSouthern Mallee Council keen to recover child care service funds
The Southern Mallee Council says it is continuing talks with the Federal Government over funding for the region's child care service.
View ArticleSA Government steps in amid 'crisis' doctor shortage
As more than 60 GP positions remain unfilled state-wide, and regional Emergency Departments persist understaffed and overworked, one senior woman was made to wait in agony for more than five hours...
View ArticlePreschool closure derails mum's plan to find work
Nerissa Forster was looking forward to returning to work in 2020 as her community enters its third year in drought, but a vital service has bitten the dust preventing the mother-of-four from entering...
View ArticleFarmer phone service flops as Telstra techs find no faults
Farmers in SA's Mallee region say their phone service has seriously declined over the past twelve months, leaving them at risk in times of need.
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