PRESS RELEASE

Winnebago Industries Announces New Directors/Officers

14 January 1997

            Winnebago Industries Announces New Directors/Officers
  


    FOREST CITY, Iowa, Jan. 13 -- Jerry N. Currie and Gerald C.
Kitch were elected to the board of directors for Winnebago Industries, Inc.
during the Annual Stockholders Meeting held recently.  Re-elected
to the board are Fred G. Dohrmann, Gerald E. Boman, John V. Hanson, Joseph M.
Shuster, Frederick M. Zimmerman and Francis L. Zrostlik.
    Jerry Currie, 51, is president and chief executive officer of CURRIES
Company, a manufacturer of steel doors and frames for nonresidential
construction and GRAHAM Manufacturing, a manufacturer of wood doors for
nonresidential construction, both located in Mason City, Iowa.
    Gerald Kitch, 58, is executive vice president, president of International
Development, General Industrial Group, the largest segment of Pentair, Inc. in
St. Paul, Minn., a diversified manufacturer of tools, equipment and
ammunition.  His responsibilities include Hoffman Engineering and Federal
Cartridge of Anoka, Minn.; Schroff GmbH in Straubenhardt, Germany; and Lincoln
Industrial, St. Louis, Mo. and Walldorf, Germany.
    As a result of the board meeting held the following day, Winnebago
Industries' directors announced the addition of two new officers.
    Brian J. Hrubes, 45, was named controller for the corporation.  His
responsibilities include general accounting, payroll, accounts payable,
property accounting, cost accounting, budgeting and inventory accounting
functions.  Hrubes joined Winnebago Industries in 1971 and has served in
various accounting and supervisory positions since that time, most recently as
general accounting manager.
    Joseph L. Soczek, Jr., 53, has been appointed treasurer for Winnebago
Industries.  In his new position, he is responsible for cash management,
accounts receivable, billing, credit, insurance and taxes.  Soczek joined
Winnebago Industries in 1975 and has served in property, insurance and tax
management positions since that time. Hrubes and Soczek both report to
Winnebago Industries Vice President-CFO Edwin F. Barker.
CONTACT: Sheila M. Davis of Winnebago Industries, Inc., 515-582-6803