In Kingsford the Menominee River runs dark along the state line, and winter comes down that valley long before the calendar admits it. 906 Outdoor Services LLC works both ends of the year here: plow blades against the drifts that stack along Ford's old grid of streets, and mower decks across yards that green up in a rush once the frost finally lets go. There is a plain satisfaction in a driveway opened before the first car of the morning, banks squared off, the apron scraped down to bare pavement. Summer trades that for a different pleasure, grass cut to an even nap and the edge drawn clean along the walk. Kingsford, Iron Mountain, Quinnesec, Norway and the townships between them all sit inside the same day's work.