Western Sugar Cooperative Area Manager Jerry Darnell says the freezing weather conditions over the weekend will require growers to replant about 1,000 acres of sugar beets in the Morrill, Bayard, as well as the Kimball area. Darnell says the sugar beets in Box Butte County look to be fine as they were planted later. Darnell says we will definitely have to watch how cold it gets in the next few days, but we will take any moisture we can get.

The National Weather Service office in Cheyenne is forecasting a strong storm system Thursday into midday Friday. The front will track eastward across southern Wyoming into western Nebraska bringing significant amounts of snow and blizzard conditions. Stay tuned to your local radio station for the latest weather information.