Lawns Unlimited

About Lawns Unlimited

Wagner rises out of the hills above the Missouri River, close enough to Lake Francis Case that a cold snap off the water can settle into the valleys before it ever reaches the ridgetop streets. Lawns Unlimited runs its winter routes across that up-and-down ground, clearing driveways that sit at the top of a rise one block and down in a low pocket the next, each holding onto snow differently depending on how the sun and wind reach it. Charles Mix County mornings start early here, and getting the walks and drives open before the day's business at the tribal offices and the courthouse means beating the frost that follows a clear, cold night. The bluffs above the river hold onto their color longer into fall than the flat prairie farther east, and the first real snow often catches the last leaves still on the trees. Clearing it away, block by uneven block, is how Wagner gets back to its ordinary pace.