When the lake locks up and the shanties go out, Sylvan Lake's narrow streets get narrower with every storm. Grass Kings Lawn Care plows and shovels through it — short driveways stacked between neighbors, walks down to the door, salt in the shaded stretches where ice stays stubborn into March. Then the thaw arrives, the water opens, and the mowers start their circuit of these compact lakeside yards: cutting, trimming, edging, hauling off what winter left behind. Working a place this small means every finished lawn is visible from three others, which is a good reason to make each one right. They plan on being seen.