Commercial Bait Dealers Charged

Two Baudette men have had their commercial minnow licenses revoked for three years.

69-year-old John Hult and 55-year-old Kim Barsness were also fined $1,500 each after being convicted last week in Beltrami County District Court of illegally selling minnows.

An investigation by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources found the two had used invasive species infested equipment from Lake of the Wood to take minnows from another lake.