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In small-town Nebraska, with suicide rates high, one family delivers hope for thousands - Flatwater Free Press

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Nebraska's rural suicide rate is above the national average but lower than rural rates in neighboring states. Jeremy Koch and his wife Bailey started a Facebook page to catalog their struggles and successes. The page now reaches 10,000 followers. It's harder to see a therapist here and talk about mental illness, Jeremy Koch says.

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In small-town Nebraska, with suicide rates high, one family delivers hope for thousands - Flatwater Free Press

Content warning: This story discusses suicide. Call the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline if you or a loved one needs help. Twilight hung over the snow-crusted fields and stubbly cornstalks. Jeremy Koch drove down the long country road past center pivots stretching to a distant horizon as he took his 14-year-old son to 5:30 a.m. basketball practice. Then he saw it: a burgundy Dodge Ram pickup in the snow on the shoulder, its engine revving and ex…

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