Blaze possibly linked with police chase

FOUR people were injured and a house came under threat when an out-of-control blaze ripped through 280 hectares of farmland near Wokurna, south of Port Broughton, yesterday (Monday).

A southern Yorke Peninsula holiday homeowner was retrieving his boat from a sandbar just north of the Wool Bay boat ramp when his ute became bogged on Friday afternoon.

THE state government’s $40million Upper Yorke Peninsula Regional Road Network Upgrade Program is almost complete.

PIRSA is investigating an illegal catch of abalone — more than 18 times the legal personal limit —which local police seized on the weekend.

THE new swimming pontoon off the Port Broughton jetty has already been getting a good workout this summer.

THE final touches including landscaping, seating and bins are now the focus of the Kadina CBD redevelopment.

YORKE Peninsula aged care facilities will receive an extra $316,000 thanks to an increase in federal funding.