Michigan does a good job with plowing so you don't need AWD or 4WD. You will be fine with FWD. RWD can be a bit tricky in the snow even on plowed roads and should be avoided in icy/snow areas during winter months but even then it's doable if you don't drive like a *****. More importantly than AWD/FWD/RWD, you need to learn to drive in winter conditions. You can watch videos on it but the take home points are: drive slow, drive even slower on turns, decellerate slowly, never slam your breaks, add extra time to get wherever you are going, and if for whatever reason you start to skid, do not break instead take your foot off the gas, turn your wheels into the skid, wait for traction then begin to accelerate or decelerate (it takes some getting used to and if you've never skidded a car on ice I would highly recommend going into a big parking lot in winter so you don't freak out the first time it happens as it will happen. I've skidded in my big ass 4wd truck before on a mountain pass with a cliff to my side but if you react appropriately you're fine), also, maintain a generous stopping distance in front of you. One thing I would sometimes do is test the roads when I first got on them, when no one was in front of me I would hit my breaks and see if I skid. If you skid, you know you need to be going ultra slow. I drove a FWD buick century all throughout med school and residency and never had a problem.
I would put studless winter tires on your Accord and call it a day. An Accord is far more reliable than a Volvo which is a POS.
