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Linn County commissioners Roger Nyquist, Sherrie Sprenger and Will Tucker agreed after a brief public hearing Feb. 28 to accept written comments about a proposed land swap in Millersburg for 72 hours, giving that city’s officials time to respond and schedule another public hearing for Tuesday, March 14, at the Linn County Expo Center in Albany.

Millersburg hopes to move 167-plus acres near the southwest corner of its urban growth boundary and trade it for an adjacent 163 acres. Both properties are zoned for farming, although the latter is considered better farm ground than what it would r...