| Article: | Honoring deceased firefighters The town of Ira is fortunate to have two fire departments within its boundaries, Ira and Cato. Both of these departments were formed after big disastrous fires: Cato, in 1918, which burned the north side of the business district in the center of the village and Ira, in 1943, after the former Wiggins store and house, located on the northwest corner, in the hamlet of Ira burned. |