Vanden Bout Lawn and Snow

About Vanden Bout Lawn and Snow

Down in the Rabbit River lowlands the fog comes up cold, and the first real snow generally finds the fields already frozen underneath. Vanden Bout Lawn and Snow plows through Leighton Township — driveways, farm lots, the parking areas along the US-131 corridor — and clears entries and walks by hand where no blade can go. Salt and ice melt go down on the places that glaze first, usually the shaded strip beside the garage. Allegan County storms tend to ride in from the northwest with Lake Michigan behind them, which is why a route here gets run before the township is awake. Wide open, pushed back, and ready before the first engine turns over.