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    <div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></div>
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D.C.&#160;&#160;20549</font></div>
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S-8</font></div>
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STATEMENT</font></div>
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</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
Securities Act of 1933</font></div>
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ELECTRONICS, INC.</font></div>
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Excel Drive</font></div>
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Electronics, Inc.</font></div>
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625-7231</font></div>
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an
accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer or a smaller reporting
Company.&#160;&#160;See the definitions of &#8220;large accelerated filer,&#8221;
&#8220;accelerated filer&#8221; and &#8220;smaller reporting company&#8221; in Rule 12b-2 of the
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it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this
Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Mankato and State of Minnesota, on the 8th day
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has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the
dates indicated.</font></div>
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attorney-in-fact and agent, each acting alone, with full powers of substitution
and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities, to sign the Form&#160;S-8 Registration Statement of Winland
Electronics, Inc. relating to the Company&#8217;s 1997 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
and any or all amendments or post-effective amendments to the Form S-8
Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and
other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone,
full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all
intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting
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addlshares1997sop.htm
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C.  20549
______________________
FORM
S-8
REGISTRATION
STATEMENT
Under
The
Securities Act of 1933
WINLAND
ELECTRONICS, INC.
(Exact
Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
_________________
Minnesota
41-0992135
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
      Incorporation or Organization)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification
      Number)
1950
Excel Drive
Mankato,
MN  56001
(Address
of Principal Executive Office and Zip Code)
___________________________________________
Winland
Electronics, Inc. 1997 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
(Full
Title of the Plan)
Thomas J.
de Petra
Winland
Electronics, Inc.
1950
Excel Drive
Mankato,
MN  56001
(507)
625-7231
(Name, Address and Telephone Number,
Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)
Copies
to:
Thomas F.
Steichen
Fredrikson
& Byron, P.A.
200 South
Sixth Street
Suite
4000
Minneapolis,
Minnesota  55402
___________________________
**
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an
accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer or a smaller reporting
Company.  See the definitions of "large accelerated filer,"
"accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the
Exchange Act. (Check one):
Large accelerated filer
o
Accelerated filer
o
Non-accelerated filer
o
Smaller reporting company
x
(Do
      not check if a smaller reporting company)
CALCULATION
OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title
      of Securities
to
      be Registered
Amount
      to be
Registered(1)
Proposed
      Maximum
Offering
      Price
Per
      Share(2)
Proposed
Maximum
Aggregate
Offering
      Price(2)
Amount
      of
Registration
      Fee
Options
      to Purchase
Common
      Stock under the 1997 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Common
      Stock issuable upon exercise of options granted under the 1997 Employee
      Stock Purchase Plan
TOTAL:
Indefinite
200,000
      shares
$
      0.00
$1.13
$
      0.00
$226,000
$
      0.00
$8.88
$8.88
(1)
In
      addition, pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, this
      Registration Statement also covers an indeterminate amount of interests to
      be offered or sold pursuant to the employee benefit plan described herein
      and any additional securities which may become issuable pursuant to
      anti-dilution provisions of the plan.
(2)
Estimated
      pursuant to Rule 457(h) solely for the purpose of calculating the
      registration fee and based upon the average of the high and low prices of
      the Registrant's Common Stock on September 5,
  2008.
The
purpose of this Registration Statement is to register additional shares for
issuance under the Registrant's 1997 Employee Stock Purchase
Plan.  The contents of the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form
S-8, Reg. No. 333-27729, are incorporated herein by reference.
SIGNATURES
The
Registrant
.  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act
of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that
it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this
Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized, in the City of Mankato and State of Minnesota, on the 8th day
of September, 2008.
Winland Electronics,
      Inc.
By:
/s/ Thomas
      J. de Petra
Thomas
      J. de Petra
President
      and Chief Executive Officer
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement
has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the
dates indicated.
(Power of
Attorney)
Each of the undersigned constitutes and
appoints Thomas J. de Petra and Glenn Kermes his true and lawful
attorney-in-fact and agent, each acting alone, with full powers of substitution
and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities, to sign the Form S-8 Registration Statement of Winland
Electronics, Inc. relating to the Company's 1997 Employee Stock Purchase Plan
and any or all amendments or post-effective amendments to the Form S-8
Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and
other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone,
full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing
requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all
intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting
alone, or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done
by virtue hereof.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/
      Thomas J. de Petra
President
      and Chief Executive Officer and Director (principal executive
      officer)
September
      8, 2008
Thomas
      J. de Petra
/s/
      Glenn A. Kermes
Chief
      Financial and Accounting Officer (principal financial
      officer)
September
      8, 2008
Glenn
      A. Kermes
/s/
      Lorin E. Krueger
Director
September
      8, 2008
Lorin
      E. Krueger
/s/
      Richard T. Speckmann
Director
September
      8, 2008
Richard
      T. Speckmann
/s/
      Thomas J. Goodmanson
Director
September
      8, 2008
Thomas
      J. Goodmanson
/s/
      Thomas J. Brady
Director
September
      8, 2008
Thomas
      J. Brady
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C.  20549
WINLAND
ELECTRONICS, INC.
Form S-8
Registration Statement
E X H I B I T  I N D E X
Exhibit
Number
E
xhibit
Description
5.1
Opinion
      and Consent of counsel regarding securities under the 2008 Equity
      Incentive Plan.
23.1
Consent
      of counsel (See Exhibit 5).
23.2
Consent
      of McGladrey & Pullen, LLP.
24
Power
      of attorney.