Volunteers help with relief efforts as Mississippi still rises in some areas

Sunday, June 22, 2008 | 6:24 p.m. CDT; updated 5:11 a.m. CDT, Tuesday, July 22, 2008

LOUISIANA, Mo. — The faithful gathered for church services Sunday in towns hard-hit by flooding along the Mississippi River, and many found comfort in word that the swollen waterway had apparently started to hit its high point.

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