Area food shelves are feeling the crunch of the government shutdown, and some are feeling an even tighter crunch due to outside interference.

You can’t out-fundraise this problem.” Harvesters braces for a wave of hunger, food needs as SNAP benefits stop in November.

The event, put on by Second Harvest Heartland and the Sanneh Foundation, comes as a federal government shutdown enters its fifth consecutive week. This week, many federal airport workers missed their first full paycheck.

Massachusetts native Katherine Reid joined a hearty crew Monday for a night of pumpkin carving at Three Needs in Burlington, but the trio did not show up just to give gourds a makeover. "Community is all that we have.

A Halloween display in Farmington supports the local food shelf with hundreds or even thousands of pounds of donations each year. Jon Brimacomb, known as Mr. Halloween, has been collecting food donations for years at the urging of his wife, Suzanne, who has since passed away. FOX 9's Corin Hoggard has the story.

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and Minnesota Family Investment Program (MFIP) benefits will not be distributed in November due to the government shutdown, according to Spenser Bickett, the media relations specialist for the Minnesota Department of Children Youth and Families (DCYF).

There’s no way his local government can fill the void created by a disruption in the federal food stamp program, but local official Gregg Wright says his Minnesota county had to do something. “This is pretty much a crisis for families,