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FOOTBALL and netball will return this weekend with the North Eastern, Northern Areas and Adelaide Plains leagues all set to return. With all leagues missing two weeks of their fixture due to the enforced seven-day lockdown, leagues will return with revised schedules to remedy missed games and ensure a smooth lead into finals. In the […]
It will be a tearful farewell as pharmacy assistant Judy Taylor retires after an accumulative 37 years of work at Terry White Chemmart Balaklava. But don’t you use that ‘r’ word with Judy, she’s looking forward to starting the next chapter of her life with vigour. “I don’t like the word retirement, it just feels […]
Welcome rains across vineyards in the region has not put too much of a dampener on annual pruning schedules, but some services have felt the impact of the seven-day state COVID-19 lockdown. Ackland Vineyard Services managing director Aaron Ackland said the business had taken a “fairly cautious” approach over the last week, putting some of […]
For Mathew and Denika Koch of Alma, life is never boring with their four boys, Kelley, twins Riley and Mitchell and Jesse. Add a lockdown and homeschooling and life gets more interesting. Mum Denika said that overall, they were travelling very well. “Lockdown is one of those occasions that make you suck in the fresh […]
The Mid North Community Passenger Network was the first of 16 passenger networks in South Australia to have the entire fleet of eight vehicles fitted with defibrillators. Last week all volunteer drivers received training in Basic CPR for adults and babies and defibrillator training through Dart Tagging and Training, covering theory, practical and assessment components. […]
The Port Wakefield duplication and overpass project is currently on track and on budget, according to Transport Minister Corey Wingard. The minister was on site in Port Wakefield after completing a tour of the state’s infrastructure projects currently underway in the Mid North region, stopping along the way in the Clare Valley, Balaklava main street, […]
A short film created by and starring Balaklava High School students has been declared a finalist at the inaugural Adelaide Film Festival Youth this month. Silicone School was directed by Charlie Evans, co-written by Charlie with Lachlan Gaze, produced by drama teacher Suriya Umapathysivam, shot by cinematographer Madeleine Karklins and featured a cast of fellow […]
A vision first realised 20 years ago is now a reality and allows everybody in the community to enjoy what some have never been able to do, swim in a pool. The most modern available overhead pool lift has been installed for the indoor heated therapy pool at the Valleys Lifestyle Centre, thanks to it […]
Another one bites the dust as the much-loved Balaklava Eisteddfod has had to cancel for the second year in a row in light of the stay at home order and closure of schools. The Eisteddfod was gearing up for its 25th event celebrating performing arts talent from around the region and across the state before […]
NEW data reveals that less than half of South Australian people aged over 50 years still haven’t received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccination. The timely figures fall as Mid North residents woke this morning to statewide changes in response to the seven-day lockdown imposed from the Delta strain outbreak in the northern suburbs. […]
