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Barossa haven for the senses

12:29 PM | Efforts to convince a national wine committee to host a symposium in the Barossa have paid off.

Padthaway woman national finalist

1:00 AM | A MIXED farm enterprise owner from Padthaway has been selected from a strong field of entrants as one of two South Australian finalists for the national 2012 RIRDC Rural Women's Award.

News - General

05 Feb 12 | HAIGH'S Chocolates managing director Alister Haigh this week took a trip down memory lane when he returned to Mount Gambier, where his great grandfather founded the business more than a century ago. |

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News - General

Lakers on the line

04 Feb 12 | THE Mount Gambier Lakers will put their undefeated status on the line tomorrow night in the start of the Victorian Country Basketball League finals series.

Sport - Basketball

Surgeon steps up barney over forest sale

04 Feb 12 | PROMINENT Mount Gambier surgeon Barney McCusker has taken the fight against the forward sale of the region's plantation estate to the Labor Party heartland in a bid to sway metropolitan voters in an upcoming by-election. |

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News - General

New Barossa Co-op boss

03 Feb 12 | Meet Barossa Co-op's new chief executive officer Graeme Longmuir.

News - Business

‘There were risks’: Professor

03 Feb 12 | Royal Adelaide Hospital general manager Prof-essor Villis Marshall has dismissed claims that age was a factor in allocating heart surgery beds. He said hospital records showed Lionel Davis, 85, did not have a hospital-acquired infection and the hospital does not allocate any of its surgical cardiac beds according to the age of the patient.

News - Health

Mount Gambier boxer eyes London

03 Feb 12 | Although he is small in stature, Mount Gambier Boxing Gym talent, Bobby Trigg has big plans in the ring.

Sport - Boxing

THE Football Federation of South Australia is set to

03 Feb 12 | THE Football Federation of South Australia is set to launch a new initiative to increase the recruitment and retention of regional referees throughout the state. The Western Border Soccer Associa

Sport - Football - Soccer

South Gambier in bid for 2012 WBFL flag

03 Feb 12 | South Gambier will be aiming to retain the majority of its playing list from 2011 in a bid to go deep into the Western Border Football League finals in 2012.

Sport - Football - Australian Rules

Holdem claims Bordertown feature race

03 Feb 12 | Starting as the $5 third favourite, the Brenton and Mark Primmer jointly trained, Holdem scored a stylish win at Bordertown on Sunday.

Sport - Horse Racing

Man arrested after starting bushfire

03 Feb 12 | A NANGWARRY man who accidentally started a bushfire which burnt up to 470 hectares in a Victorian state park this week was arrested by Victorian Police yesterday afternoon. |

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News - General

Call for 24/7 Mount Gambier MFS service

03 Feb 12 | THE State Government has launched a review into the staff arrangements at the Mount Gambier Metropolitan Fire Station to examine whether a 24-hour seven-days-a-week roster is needed. |

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News - General

Locally owned pacer on big stage

03 Feb 12 | IT is extremely rare to have a locally owned galloper or pacer good enough to compete in a Group 1 race.

Sport - Harness Racing

Mount Gambier's motorsport connection

03 Feb 12 | Mount Gambier will have its own connection on the grid when the Clipsal 500 gets underway in Adelaide on March 1.

Sport - Motor Racing

Dartmoor in saddle of rodeo action

02 Feb 12 | THE Dartmoor football oval will become a battlefield tomorrow night with 90 of the nation's best bull riders descending on the community to contest for the top title.

News - General

Kingscote takes the heat

02 Feb 12 | Kingscote v Stokes Bay Oh, what a fickle lot we are! Every week in Kingscote we complain about our prevailing south-east winds. This week there was no wind; absolutely beautiful for tennis.

Sport - General

Mad dogs and sailors take on

02 Feb 12 | Mad dogs and Englishman go out in the midday sun – but only Strawbridge Pointers would venture to sea with the glass falling and the wind blowing the froth off the top of the cappuccinos. Put to sea they did, five study vessels and stout hearted crew.

Sport - General

Saints show their grand final form

02 Feb 12 | Cricket - Seniors Western Districts v Hog Bay A hot summer’s day and a lightning quick outfield at Gosse set the scene for some high scoring. Hog Bay winning the toss and choosing to bat. | GALLERY: KI Sport 020212

Sport - Athletics

What price art? Ways to the world

02 Feb 12 | Kathie Stove continues her series on the real price of art. Apart from selling their work through a gallery or exhibition, how does an artist bring in enough money, through art, to feed and clothe themselves and the family?

News - General