Call Oregon, Wis., a bedroom community, and Brett Frazier, the village’s indefatigable chamber of commerce director, is likely to correct you – with the sort of amiable flair you’d expect from one of this agreeable old town’s youngest leaders. Full Story 

For someone who’s leading one of the most imaginative and innovative construction efforts in the state, Kate Stalker has seized on an unusual keynote, taken from a Walt Kelly comic strip character who preceded her ambitious project by a full 70 years. Full Story 

According to the Hildebrandt Institute, which tracks legal business trends, U.S. law firm mergers spiked dramatically in 2011, increasing 67% over the previous year and reflecting a trend that the organization expects to continue into 2012. Full Story 

When Yola’s Cafe, a Madison-based coffee shop, lost its countertop point-of-sale system this past fall after a power surge, it might have looked to owner Lance Ratze like it was time to panic. Unable to easily check out customers and process credit cards, the business was more or less crippled, and Ratze and company were frantically searching for solutions. Full Story