(KNZA)--A new general manager is on the job at the Brown-Atchison Electric Cooperative.

Michael Volker replaces Jim Currie who retired effective January 31 after nearly 44 years of service with the electric cooperative.

Volker will serve as a shared general manager with the Doniphan Electric Cooperative, in Troy.

He comes to Kansas from Madison, South Dakota, having previously lived in Kansas from 1999 until 2014.

He and his wife, Kathy, recently purchased a home in Hiawatha.

Volker has spent the last 22 years working for electric cooperatives.

The Brown-Atchison Electric Cooperative will hold their annual meeting at noon on February 24 at their headquarters building in Horton.