Area workers return to the job as shutdown ends

HARTINGTON — Area federal workers placed on furlough because of the government shut down are now back to work.

Congress passed and President Donald Trump signed a continuing resolution Friday to fund the government for three weeks.

That means employees with the local Farm Service Agency, USDA, National Park Service and the Missouri National Recreational River have resumed regular operations.

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