Stelle Firsts
Throughout Its history Stelle's many innovators have applied their creative talents. The result is the following list of 'Firsts':
 | First Solar powered telephone company in the U.S. |
| First straw bale house in Illinois. |
| First solar-powered, wireless internet service in the U.S. |
| First municipal reverse osmosis (R.O.) water treatment system in the U.S. (this system is no longer in service) |
| First integrated education program that covered from pre-natal stimulation thru high school |
| First wind-electric powered village water treatment plant east of the Mississippi (maybe in the U.S.) |