Out of darkness
September 24, 2025Roughly 250 people circled the Luverne City Park Saturday morning for the fifth annual Out of the Darkness Suicide Walk. This year organizers centered around a theme of hope, according to Angela Nolz, who helped organize the event with a team of volunteers and sponsors. “Hope is what brings us together today — hope for healing, hope for understanding and hope for a future where no one walks…- By Lori SorensonSeptember 17, 2025The fifth annual “Out of the Darkness” suicide awareness and prevention walk will be from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 20, in the Luverne City Park. The 2025 walk focuses on improving brain health in farming communities. “Farmers are tough, but it’s not an easy profession,” Minnesota Agriculture Commissioner Thom Petersen recently shared on the MDA website. “From unpredictable weather to…
By Lori SorensonSeptember 17, 2024More than 300 people circled the Luverne City Park Saturday morning for the fourth annual Out of the Darkness Suicide Walk. “This day is an opportunity to create a safe space where people can experience and express their emotions around the complex issue of suicide,” said Stacy Schepel, who helped organize the event with a team of volunteers and sponsors. The walk raises money for research to…- By Lori SorensonSeptember 11, 2024The fourth annual “Out of the Darkness” suicide awareness and prevention walk will be from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 14, in the Luverne City Park. The event raises money for research to end and prevent suicide and shows community support for those who have lost loved ones to suicide or have struggled personally with suicide. It coincides with similar walks nationwide during September, which…
- By Angela Nolz, licensed professional clinical counselor and Sanford Integrated Health therapistJuly 25, 2023Brain health is health. This concept lives in my mind, daily. I have worked as a mental health therapist for the past 15 years. The more research emerges, the better we understand the inner workings of the brain, and yet, we have so very far to go to best understand illness and best recovery treatments. Some things have changed in the 15 years that I've been involved in this field, but the…
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