South of town the Chippewa loosens into floodplain woods, and on a still morning the herons stand in it as though someone placed them there. Earth's Way Lawn Care works the yards that back up toward that green edge — mowing, trimming, holding the line where tended grass meets whatever the river would rather grow. Turf in this county is generous when it gets rain and an honest cutting height, and stubborn when it doesn't. Fall means leaf work, a last short cut, and beds cleared before the ground freezes hard. Every yard here borders something wilder; the job is making the near side look intentional.