Sam Bradbrook

Varcoe Windmills were first built in Mount Gambier in 1911 but after its doors closed last year, the brand seemed lost for good, until a local agricultural mechanic bought the rights at an auction.

A court has heard a Mount Gambier man allegedly hid drugs inside his rectum in an attempt to bring them into the local prison but one of them split, causing him to overdose.

The surviving family of Brevet Sergeant Jason Doig says it supports plans to erect a memorial to him in Lucindale, as SA Police looks to fill his role in the small country town.

The RSPCA says more than half of the members of a committee into the future of duck hunting attended a hunting lobby group dinner while they were still hearing evidence.

A national frog research team will look into the death of more than 200 frogs at Bool Lagoon alongside a number of other unexplained events. 

A new study finds the 98 per cent of Australians with access to reliable drinking water want to help the remaining 2 per cent going without. 

Authorities are investigating the site of a mass fish-kill on South Australia's Limestone Coast, where they believe more freshwater than usual has entered the ocean at Eight Mile Creek.

A two-truck crash on the Dukes Highway in South Australia leaves sheep roaming the roadside, and nearby residents calling for more lanes.

Tourism leaders say South Australia's Limestone Coast needs more accommodation to suit a range of budgets to reach its full potential as a holiday destination.  

Emergency service workers and members of the public are still searching for a 14-year-old boy missing in the surf near the blowholes at Cape Bridgewater since Tuesday.

The Robe councillor had a conflict of interest when he tabled motions which led to the council's chief executive being investigated and later resigning, an ombudsman's report has found.  

Plans for a large rare earths mining project is meeting resistance from south-east farmers, who worry some of South Australia's best farmland will be lost.

As the Christmas season nears, the looming cost of presents and festive lunches is set to add stress to those already doing it tough.

A multi-national energy company has announced plans for a renewable energy battery park near Mount Gambier which it says will reduce electricity price volatility. 

Proponents and opponents of duck hunting in South Australia have been given a final chance to put their case forward ahead of a decision on the future of the practice.

Many items used in Australia's health and medicine industry are single-use by necessity, but how can that waste avoid landfill? 

Investigators warn that the deliberate release of feral pigs will not be tolerated, pointing to their impacts on the environment as "severe".

Hidden in watery chambers around South Australia's Limestone Coast are fossils telling the story of a prehistoric Australian world, which researchers are determined to find.

Henry Okechukwu Nwaulu, 39, ordered three packages to be delivered to neighbouring units on his street in Mount Gambier, in which Australian Border Force officers discovered 500 grams of meth and 1 kilogram of heroin.

A ranger says a female long nosed fur seal wouldn't have survived much longer had rescuers not been able to remove the rope that was cutting into its neck.

After an earlier recommendation was widely rejected, a new proposal to restructure football in South East SA has been put forward. 

Wine exports to China have dropped to a low of $10 million a year, but China's announcement it will review tariffs on imports has given a glimmer of hope to the industry. 

The guest list was not as famous and the costumes were made by locals, but this South Australian town's take on New York's Met Gala brought striking creativity to the catwalk.

A man who pleaded guilty to threatening his mother and stepfather and ramming her car is given a suspended sentence and told to get a job to cure his chronic boredom. 

Southend, on South Australia's Limestone Coast, relies on tourism money that could dwindle as coastal erosion creeps in.