HOUGHTON COUNTY – Veterans in the Copper Country will not be directed affected by Wednesday’s shutdown of the federal government, says Joe Battisfore, Houghton County veterans service office director.

Battisfore said because his office is a county organization, the employees are not directly employed by the Veterans Administration, and area veteran should not be impacted by the shutdown.

“We’re still here,” he said, “and the healthcare side, from what we’ve been told, will have no effect.”

Battisfore said his office assists veterans in applying for benefits with everything, from healthcare, through compensation, pension applications, and should see no delays in processing.

“If someone comes in and files a claim, if that effects the claim processing,” he said, “but it looks like they wi

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