Two seasons, one truck, and Ionia hands over the keys twice a year. Through the green months I-Cut Lawncare LLC. is out mowing, trimming and edging — the south end near the recreation area, the streets above the river, the drives that wander back to a house you cannot see from the road. In winter those same drives get plowed and salted, often while the town is still dark and the sky over Sessions Lake has not settled on a color yet. Snow here can come in sideways or fall all night without a sound; either way the aim is a cleared lane and a walkable path by the time the coffee is on. The turn from last mow to first plow is abrupt in mid-Michigan, and the work just follows it.