In a ListView you can have icons on each item. When viewing in Details-mode, the icon is shown in the left-most column.
Can I show an icon in some other column?<
Take a loot at this:
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/forums/en-US/winforms/thread/d25b4ffa-2ea4-43cd-a3ae-8dd0387197ae/
In addition to the accepted answer, you should handle the DrawItem event as well, or it will not work.