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Southwest Crisis Center’s Luverne office now includes a full-time youth advocate, Sara Zix (front, right). Staffing the West Main Street office on a revolving basis are (front, left) director Sara Wahl and Zix; (back) Chris Hebert, Jennifer Lindsey and Kari Voss-Drost.

Crisis center expands services, staff at new location

Last year the Southwest Crisis Center helped more than 780 people cope with abusive relationships or situations. The Rock County office offered help in 73 cases representing at least one person, sometimes two, who reached out for assistance on a weekly basis. The numbers, however, represent only...

Raevette Loonan has been the Southwest Crisis Center director in Luverne since 1994. She's pictured here in 2011 for a Star Herald feature story on the agency.

Crisis Center director resigns post in Luverne

The Southwest Crisis Center is seeking a new director for its Rock County office after Raevette Loonan resigned early in April. “It was time for a change,” she told the Star Herald last week. Her resignation letter was dated April 8, and she is now training in a position at First Farmers and...

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