Samuel White

A clearance sale held at Telford yesterday was to cover debt by the farm board and dispose of surplus stock unwanted by Taratahi in the takeover from Lincoln.

Telford students Hannah Palmer and Jonty Wylaars were the successful applicants for the Clutha District Council's Telford Bursary, which was granted to them at a standing committee meeting last week.

A family who escaped the deluge in Milton last month are safely in a new home with their 6-week-old child.

Several items have been stolen in South Otago over the past week.

In the clean-up after the floods in the Clutha district, one item could cost almost $25,000 alone.

The Clutha District Council has taken a step towards making its plans for Balclutha a reality.

Glitz and  glamour will be the order of the day  as the South’s finest fashion goes on display tonight at the Hokonui  Gala Awards Evening.

The South Otago Museum has just completed a six-month audit of its collection of more than 3500 historical items.

The Clutha District Council has issued an urgent boil water notice for some water schemes in the district as treatment plants struggle following the floods.

Clutha councillors will begin making decisions next week on several proposals for Balclutha as part of the council's community plan consultation.

University of Otago researchers are gaining fresh insights into the life of early European settlers in Otago through the exhumed of skeletons from unmarked graves in a burial ground near Milton.

It will be a waiting game for Lawrence businesses as they figure out the extent of the damage and wider impact from the floods at the weekend.

The worst of the weekend rain forced evacuations in Milton and flooded streets in Lawrence.

The story of a disabled man’s specially modified car being stolen has taken a surprising and positive turn.

Four herds of dairy cows in Otago and Southland have been affected by ergot toxicity, resulting in hundreds of the animals being euthanised.

A vehicle belonging to a disabled driver in Kaitangata has been stolen and left burnt out at the Wangaloa domain.

Emergency services treat the driver of a bulldozer which rolled down a bank into the Waitahuna River in the Clutha Valley yesterday.