Volunteers help flooded residents clean up

Mud in the house
The interiro of a building in Rushford is coated with mud.
MPR photo/Mark Steil

A Minnesota nonprofit group created to help Katrina victims in New Orleans is now helping flooded residents in southeastern Minnesota.

Morning Edition host Cathy Wurzer talked with Cheryl Venerstrom, a member of A River of Hope, which made its first trip down to the Rushford area on Sunday.

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