Anzac Day
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Sweet tooth can prove fatal
LOCAL veterinarians are urging pet owners in Sunraysia to be particularly vigilant about chocolate over the festive season.Patrik Holmboe, from Benetook Veterinary Clinic, said it…
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Just going with the flow
HEAVY rainfall earlier this month is expected to keep lifting the Murray River’s height at Mildura until Christmas Eve.Lower Murray Water customer service senior manager…
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Nowhere to call home
TEN Sunraysia families are likely to spend Christmas Day in temporary accommodation after they were evacuated from their homes during Tuesday afternoon’s storm.Mildura’s storm operation incident…
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Part and parcel of Christmas
HOW would you go about wrapping whipper snipper or bike this Christmas?The Wings for Kids gift wrappers in Mildura Central have found out the hard…
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Court fines citrus packing boss Giuseppe Simonetta $100,000 for employing illegal workers
A JUDGE says one of the country’s largest citrus packing companies, whose owner was caught employing illegal workers, should be setting a positive example for the horticulture sector. Sim…
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Stolen car dumped in river
DARETON police are appealing for information from the public after a stolen car was found dumped in the Murray River on Tuesday morning. The blue 2002…
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Not much cheer behind counter
IT’S the season to be jolly, unless a customer is abusing you over peas.Sherlyn Hann is just one Mildura retail worker who says she has…
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Lucky escape
NINETEEN-year-old former Sunraysia resident Ashleigh Taylor is lucky to be alive after she was almost crushed to death by a collapsing shed at Chateau Mildura…
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History lost in ‘tornado’ strike
LIKE many business owners across the region, Chateau Mildura Winery operators Lance and Marina Milne are now picking up the pieces after the storm destroyed…
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Moving forward
THE Mildura Future Ready project has been put in the spotlight across the past week, with discussions about moving it forward and ensuring everyone is…
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The force of nature
THE incident controller of Mildura’s multi-agency storm operation said the region was “lucky” to escape Tuesday’s weather event with only one injury reported. Phil Murdoch said…
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Not all is vine after damage
VINES were blown over during the peak of Tuesday’s storm, but growers appear to have escaped mostly unscathed from reports of brief hail.Large stretches of…











