I just fell upon the OshKosh News, a grassroots effort that features community news from the Oshblog, among other sections. The "Why this site" page deserves close examination and opens with, "There has got to be a better way. Here at OCNN we believe that the traditional media are not doing an adequate job in covering and delivering the news and that alternative approaches are needed to promote an informed and active citizenry."

Wow! Dems in LaCrosse vote to include a stop Wal-Mart Supercenters plank in their 2006 Wisconsin Democratic Party Resolutions:

06-ELE-07 Stop WAL-MART (2nd CD – 97 words)

WHEREAS, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (Wal-Mart) is building stores across Wisconsin and the USA;

WHEREAS, Wal-Mart with other retailers, does billions of dollars in business with China, which is known to repress worker and human rights;

WHEREAS, Wal-Mart works to stop the formation of unions, and works to lower living standards of its employees; and,

WHEREAS, Wal-Mart, by offering unaffordable health plans, passes costs to the state;

THEREFORE, RESOLVED, the DPW stands by working-class America in opposing Wal-Mart Supercenters and encourages all citizens to buy local, Union-made goods and purchase locally grown produce to stop retailers like Wal-Mart.