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Todd Novak: “The line from Prairie de Chien to almost Madison or at least…”

Featuring: Todd Novak, Republican | Wisconsin State Assembly, 51st District

June Legislative Update

Published March 18, 2026 | Video Starts at 34:10

I got a whole bunch of new with my new district. I got a lot of railroad. So we're, Travis and I are working The line from Prairie de Chien to almost Madison or at least Spring Green area needs to be upgraded. So we're working with the state on that and the railroad company. So we actually took a train ride from United Co Op in Baskerville to Riverdale Ag in Muscaday about a month ago and we had a blast. (34:10–34:17)

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Asserts that the railroad line from Prairie de Chien to near Madison or Spring Green needs upgrading.

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