The government shutdown is on its 21st day, and federal workers are feeling the impact of going without a paycheck in Minnesota.

Twin Cities food shelves say they've seen an uptick in visits since the government closed for business.

In the cold wind, people wait for Groveland Emergency Food Shelf in Minneapolis to open. For the last two months staff have seen up to 32 new faces a day.

The food shelf's director, Sharon Abel says the shelf had to limit guests for the first time "in a long time" to just coming three days a week.

"We used to allow them to come five days a week, but our numbers increased so dramatically we were running out of food at the end of the day," Abel said.

This food shelf, like most, does not ask people what brought them here but the shutdown on top of cuts to

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