North Star cheers track champs

North Star High School's track and field team just wrapped up a good year, with the girls team winning the Class C state championship, and Rudyard showed its pride.

A few dozen family and community members came out Wednesday night to a parade through downtown Rudyard and a program in the North Star gymnasium.

The parade was led by the track team on top of a fire truck, throwing candy to the 20 or so attendees, followed by a pickup full of coaches and ended with kids on bikes, two at the beginning but five by the end. It crossed through downtown Rudyard, all four blocks of it, before pulling a...