Dr. Wayne Kelly retires after 43 years of practicing broad-spectrum rural medicine

Dr. Wayne Kelly retires after 43 years of practicing broad-spectrum rural medicine

WINONA, Minn. — At the beginning of his career, Dr. Wayne Kelly wanted to find a right-size community: somewhere smaller and rural, not too unlike his hometown of Madelia, Minn., but not so small that he'd be the only physician there. Kelly found that balance in Winona, where he worked as a family medicine and emergency department physician for 43 years. He clocked in to his last shift in the Winona Health ED on Friday, June 5. "The personal sat…