The City of New Melle has an exciting new food co-op coming to the center of town. The New Melle Food Co-op (NMFC) will rent the lower level of Friedens Peace UCC. The Co-op will be more than a grocery store and will offer other benefits to the community and its members.

By Leslie Limberg

You know those gawky, camel-like animals used as pack horses in South America? Ones you’d call llamas? Well, the ones in our neighborhood are not llamas at all; they’re alpacas.

  By Dianne Sudbrock and Photos by Candace Staringer

 Ralph Gregory of Marthasville turned 105 on September 27, 2014 and was honored with a secondary celebration on Monday, Sept. 29th at the Boone Duden Historical Society Board meeting.

On Sept. 24, 2014 Todd Joerling of New Melle was inducted into the St. Louis Sports Hall of Fame.

Todd Joerling of New Melle will be inducted into the St. Louis Sports Hall of Fame in September for his accomplishments as a Professional Softball player.

By Bob Brail

Defiance must have been buzzing with excitement in the latter weeks of August, 1920, when word was received that George Fuhr’s son, Oscar, had become a member of the Chicago Cubs. 

By Dianne Sudbrock 

Craig Brockhaus, who lives south of New Melle, is an avid Willys Jeep collector. He purchased his first Willys Jeep at age 19.

New Melle Sports and Recreation (formerly the New Melle Community Club) is celebrating its 60th Anniversary this year. The club was incorporated on January 12, 1953 but traces its roots back to the spring of 1948.

By Dianne Sudbrock

Note: This story was originally published in the October, 2011 issue of the Boone Country Connection.

By: Dianne Sudbrock

For a record setting third time, Max Ciampoli, trainer at Jimmie Hite Stables near New Melle, has trained and presented a grand champion in the All American Weanling Cup Futurity. The Weanling Cup is an event within the All American Horse Classic that was held this past September in Indiana.