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Doug Hanson is about to accomplish a first for Yankton.
Today (Thursday), after a 28-year career as a dispatcher, Hanson, 56, is set to retire from the position, the first person to do so in the county’s history.
Public service has always been Hanson’s calling.
“I must’ve always known I was going to get in the field to help people,” he told the Press & Dakotan. “I joined the Vermillion Fire Department when I turned 18 and was still a senior (in high school).”
He said he served with the Vermillion Ambulance for eight years, his career taking a different trajectory than what he’d first anticipated…
