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Hockey legend Wayne Gretzky was once asked what made him so great. His response was that he did not skate to where the puck was at. He skated to where the puck was going.

Yankton, S.D.-based Aviation Manufacturing Group LLC, dba The Freeman Company, has been acquired by JLL Partners, a New York private equity firm.

Butler-based MRPC, a medical device components and assemblies manufacturer, has acquired Largo, Fla.-based ETI Incorporated.

Ripon Printers in Ripon has acquired certain business interests of Sells Printing Company in New Berlin.

A panel of accomplished female business leaders will share their insights at the 2012 BizTimes Women in Business Breakfast, which also will feature the presentation of the BizTimes Woman Executive of the Year to Gail Lione.

Bob Wills is committed to the local food movement in Milwaukee, which is why he decided to open his new cheesemaking facility right in the heart of the city.

The Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce's Council of Small Business Executives will launch a campaign this week to raise $75,000 for Second Chance Partners for Education's new education center.

The pace of growth for manufacturing in southeastern Wisconsin and northern Illinois slowed in March, according to the latest Institute of Supply Management (ISM)-Marquette University Monthly Survey on Manufacturing Activity.

The Government Accountability Board this morning certified the recall elections against Gov. Scott Walker and Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch, setting the stage for May 8 primary elections, if necessary, and June 5 general elections.

The purpose of this white paper is to estimate the economic impacts that the Bradley Center, a sports and entertainment venue in the City of Milwaukee, has on the metro Milwaukee area.1 These impacts include the gross impacts of the Bradley Center's operations as well as net impacts generated by new dollars flowing into the area that otherwise would not have been generated.