MONROE - It seems people beat the snowstorm home Thursday night and most stayed there.
Green County Sheriff Randy Roderick said his department had only three or four reports of slideoffs, and no accidents, during the eight-hour snowstorm late Thursday and early Friday.
The Monroe Police Department also reported no accidents during the heavy snowfall.
Roderick attributed the safe driving statistic to people heeding the caution of state and local officials.
The official snowfall in the city measured 8.0 inches at the Monroe wastewater plant at 7 a.m. Friday morning, with snow flurries, ending about 9 a.m., adding about a half-inch to an inch.
Lafayette County didn't fair as well, with 10 to 12 inches. Nineteen slideoffs were reported between midnight and 8 a.m. all over the county, according to Chief Deputy John Reichling.
The Lafayette County Sheriff's Department had planned for extra staffing Thursday night on account of the snowstorm predicted.
"I think we were pretty close to what the meteorologists predicted for snow," Reichling said Friday afternoon.
"The slideoffs have ceased by and large, but now the winds are picking up."
Monroe's city street plows, with about 18 to 20 crew members, were out at 4 a.m. Friday.
City Street Supervisor Tom Boll said the primary streets were clean and secondary streets were drivable, but still slippery in spots.
"But we got it scraped down pretty good," he said.
Snow fall in the downtown Square area produced some "very large windrows," Boll said.
Crews will finish up the windrows on the Square todah after business owners finish clearing sidewalks - in time for Saturday night, which is expected to bring another round of snow. About 2 inches of snow is expected Saturday night and into Sunday morning. The snow will be followed by bitter cold, with wind chills expected between 14 below and 24 below zero after midnight.
Green County Sheriff Randy Roderick said his department had only three or four reports of slideoffs, and no accidents, during the eight-hour snowstorm late Thursday and early Friday.
The Monroe Police Department also reported no accidents during the heavy snowfall.
Roderick attributed the safe driving statistic to people heeding the caution of state and local officials.
The official snowfall in the city measured 8.0 inches at the Monroe wastewater plant at 7 a.m. Friday morning, with snow flurries, ending about 9 a.m., adding about a half-inch to an inch.
Lafayette County didn't fair as well, with 10 to 12 inches. Nineteen slideoffs were reported between midnight and 8 a.m. all over the county, according to Chief Deputy John Reichling.
The Lafayette County Sheriff's Department had planned for extra staffing Thursday night on account of the snowstorm predicted.
"I think we were pretty close to what the meteorologists predicted for snow," Reichling said Friday afternoon.
"The slideoffs have ceased by and large, but now the winds are picking up."
Monroe's city street plows, with about 18 to 20 crew members, were out at 4 a.m. Friday.
City Street Supervisor Tom Boll said the primary streets were clean and secondary streets were drivable, but still slippery in spots.
"But we got it scraped down pretty good," he said.
Snow fall in the downtown Square area produced some "very large windrows," Boll said.
Crews will finish up the windrows on the Square todah after business owners finish clearing sidewalks - in time for Saturday night, which is expected to bring another round of snow. About 2 inches of snow is expected Saturday night and into Sunday morning. The snow will be followed by bitter cold, with wind chills expected between 14 below and 24 below zero after midnight.