Ivesdale News

Firefighters believe a lit cigarette thrown into a garbage can started to a fire that destroyed an Ivesdale home Monday night.

Mill Shoals, Ill., native Ivan Dozier has been named state conservationist for the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service.

According to a fire department report, firefighters were called to a house fire in the 1900 section of County Road 900 N at about 10:30 p.m. Sidney firefighters were joined by firefighters from nine other departments, including Homer, Broadlands, Longview, Philo, St.

Ronald Leon Rumple, 76, of Ivesdale, and formerly of Griggsville, died Sunday, March 18, 2012, at St.