Smoke rises from a large pile of rubble - all that remains from a Tuesday afternoon fire at a vacant farmhouse located three miles east of Minster. Local fire chief Dale Dues has labeled the fire suspicious in nature.

A $5,000 reward has been posted for information leading to the apprehension of the person or persons involved in an arson fire that destroyed a Coldwater-area home in November. Meanwhile, the investigation into a suspicious fir . . .