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Wade Stephens

Traffic light win for key Mildura intersection

AN increasingly notorious Mildura intersection will have traffic lights installed to address safety issues. The Federal and State governments have announced improvements at the intersection of Deakin Avenue and Sixteenth Street in Mildura will be...

27 Feb 2025

Community

Big step for Little Sky Eyes

MORE than 300 people are heading along to the inaugural Purple Gala Ball for the Little Sky Eyes foundation this Saturday and raising money to support Australian families affected by Dravet Syndrome and other rare epilepsies as part of the...

27 Feb 2025

Squash

Squash results

Team One 2-6-125 defeated Team Six 1-4-125Ben McMillan 1-3-45 d Adam Stephens 0-0-29, Luka Baudewyns 1-3-58 d Zac Sparks 0-1-51, Phil Baudewyns 0-0-22 lost to Tim Noack 1-3-45Team Two 1-3-80 lost to Team Five 2-7-144Forfeit 0-0-0 lost to Wade...

25 Feb 2025

Police & Courts

Man fined after injuring security guard

A MAN who fractured the collarbone of a security worker at The Gateway Mildura before fleeing the scene has profusely apologised for his actions. Ryan Anthony Millwood pleaded guilty in the Mildura Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday after being involved...

24 Feb 2025

Education

Students immerged in culture, outdoors

A TRANQUIL 4.8 hectare lot next to the Sturt Highway at Gol Gol is being used to introduce students in the environment, agriculture and Indigenous culture. The Gol Gol School Immersion Centre has been used as an outdoor education space, and as...

22 Feb 2025

Health

Rehab centre views aired

A VOCAL crowd aired their objections and support of a $36 million alcohol and other drugs treatment facility in Merbein during a community information drop-in session on Thursday. Representatives from the Health Department, Victorian Health Building...

22 Feb 2025

News

Suspicious fire shuts church

A FIRE was lit inside the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Mildura on Tuesday, in what police have deemed suspicious circumstances. A parishioner was walking through the yard of the Eleventh Street property at about 12.40pm when he noticed smoke...

22 Feb 2025

Business

Two new power company recruits for Mildura

TWO new Powercor apprentices will be deployed to Mildura to help maintain the region’s power network. Zach Gove and Dane Burford are joining the team, and will each receive a mentor to guide them through the course, and their on-the-job training. More...

21 Feb 2025

Police & Courts

Drink drive suspension

A WINERY worker has had his driver’s licence suspended for 16 months, after pleading guilty to his second drink driving offence in two years. Darcy Douglass, who was 27 at the time of the offending, fronted Mildura Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday. The...

21 Feb 2025

Politics

Webster responds to office criticism

MEMBER for Mallee Anne Webster has pushed back on an ABC report that delved into her use of satellite office funding for a billboard-style advertisement. The report from last Wednesday revealed Dr Webster was using up to $24,852 of available taxpayer...

21 Feb 2025

News

Truck smashes into Buronga home

AN elderly Buronga couple has escaped injury after a B-Triple truck collided with their home before 6am on Thursday. The truck was at a service station across the road before it had rolled downhill, across the Sturt Highway, through a fence, and into...

20 Feb 2025

Business

Numbers add up for return

AFTER spending time in Adelaide, Sydney and Canberra, chartered accountant Adam Douglass has returned to Sunraysia. Originally from Red Cliffs, Mr Douglass did work experience with his current colleague Paul Meredith when he was 15, and spent time...

20 Feb 2025