While the southern part of the Copper Country got its first dose of winter driving Monday morning, Keweenaw County did not receive as much snow as its neighbors to the south.

Sheriff Curt Pennala said his office did not receive any calls of mishaps, crashes or motorists in trouble.

“For us the numbers were low,” Pennala said Tuesday morning. “It seems people were traveling carefully.”

Most of the higher amounts of snowfall and the slushiness stayed to the south, he said.

“We did get a little bit of it up here, but not a ton of it,” he said.

Hancock, in Houghton County, however did not fare as well. Hancock Police Officer Kristina Johnson said her department responded to several calls, particularly in the morning. Between accidents and semis getting stuck, there were five complaints during the first two hours of the morning shift. As the weather moderated later in the morning, the situation improved in the afternoon.

“Yeah, we had a decent amount of accidents for the first snow day,” Johnson said, adding that that there were probably a number of contributing factors to the number of calls.

“I would say for the most part usually people are decent when we first get snow,” Johnson said. “However, it was that greasy snow.”

No matter what kind of tires a vehicle has, it is not good riding on it, she said. The county had a lot of back road problems, she said.