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Cobdogla's Luke Saville has his sights set on breaking into the top 300 men’s players in the world, following his Australian Open boys title victory on Saturday.
Barmera bounced back from an indifferent run of form with a comprehensive 9-2 win over Loxton in Riverland A grade baseball on Friday night.
Matt Thur is hopeful a new boat will launch him into contention for the Magic 931 Riverland Dinghy Derby this weekend.
Loxton is in the box seat for the minor premiership after defeating Berri by 112 runs in Riverland A grade two-day cricket on Saturday.
The Riverland's representative softball teams have returned from Adelaide as state champions.
Renmark North won the Renmark District Cricket Association twenty20 final by 49 runs on Saturday.
Renmark drew with top team Berri on Saturday, but it let itself down with a 14-shot loss to Barmera in Sunday's Riverland division one men’s pennant bowls catch-up game.
Moorook-Kingston Football Club has a new president following a successful second attempt to stage its annual general meeting last week.
- An actor wins Australian of the Year, promises not to "pontificate on everything and anything", then does exactly that, with asylum seekers at the top of his list.
27/Jan/12 A local boat operator says damaged navigation markers present a "dangerous" situation for river travellers near the South Australian border.
27/Jan/12 Local musician Kelly Menhennett said there was "no way" she expected to win the best song writer award at a prestigious national competition in Tamworth this week.
31/Jan/12 Claims that Renmark Paringa District Hospital staff have been discouraged from reporting clinical incidents and complaints have been rejected by Country Health SA (CHSA).
31/Jan/12 The Quakers Hill tragedy late last year has highlighted possible shortcomings in the accreditation of aged care facilities across Australia, says former Riverland health professional Tania Martin.
31/Jan/12 Volunteer staff at a local opportunity shop are being threatened, while some uncaring locals dump rubbish at the facility and steal items intended for the disadvantaged.
31/Jan/12 Five grape spills have already been recorded on Riverland roads as the 2012 harvest gathers further momentum.
31/Jan/12 State politicians could be making parliamentary decisions in the Riverland, under a new proposal from MLC Robert Brokenshire.
31/Jan/12 Riverland police reported five locals for cultivating cannabis last week.
31/Jan/12 The first sign that I was getting old was when I woke up on Sunday morning at 5am and thought to myself 'I could get up now'.
31/Jan/12 Traders in Berri and Barmera could soon fall under one umbrella, with a combined business association on the cards.
31/Jan/12 A high profile federal Labor frontbencher will visit Renmark this Thursday to discuss the Riverland's transition to a more constrained water supply.
31/Jan/12 Police have urged motorists to be extra careful after Riverland students began the 2012 school year yesterday.
31/Jan/12 Riverland councils could seek funding for flood bank and road upgrades directly from the Federal Government under a proposal presented this week.
31/Jan/12 Federal Member for Barker Patrick Secker is assuring Riverlanders that moving his electorate office out of the region would not significantly reduce his contact with local constituents.
31/Jan/12 Recent claims against Renmark Paringa Nursing Home management made by Shadow Minister for Health Martin Hamilton-Smith should be seen as attempts to create a "political circus" out of the issue.
31/Jan/12 Students at St Joseph's Primary School Barmera are welcoming a new principal this week.
31/Jan/12 Aussie dog owners are increasingly driving with their dogs in the car and many risk steep fines for not restraining them properly.
31/Jan/12 After a recent survey named Australia as the 'Facebook bullying capital', local parents have been warned of the risks associated with the social networking site.
31/Jan/12 A big crowd attended Waikerie's Australia Day Spectacular on the weekend.
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