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MEDFORD, WI -- A Wisconsin couple is recovering from injuries they suffered after a bear crashed through the window of their home and attacked them Friday evening. Instead of leaving, the bear turned toward the home and charged at the house, crashing through the window. Once inside the home, the bear attacked the couple, who began fighting with it and stabbing the animal with a kitchen knife. The husband and wife were each bitten by the bear and suffered injuries in the attack, however they were treated at a nearby hospital and released. Authorities say it is believed the adult female bear was in the yard with one of her cubs before it charged the house.

The sheriff's office said the bear was an adult female, and one cub was seen running off as the bear ran toward the home.

Staff Sgt Seth Michael Plant, a veteran of the war in Afghanistan, was fatally mauled by the animal.

GLEN HAVEN, MICH. -- A 150-year-old frontier inn on Lake Michigan is to be rehabilitated and opened as a bed-and-breakfast lodge within Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. National Park Service officials today announced that a 40-year lease has been issued to the non-profit organization Balancing Environment and Rehabilitation, known as BEAR, for the historic Sleeping Bear Inn and Garage in Glen Haven. A public open house of the buildings will take place on Friday, April 8, at 1:00 p.m., following a short ceremony. The open house will provide the public the opportunity to see the buildings before their rehabilitation. We believe this lease will make the Sleeping Bear Inn the oldest working historic hotel in the entire national park system.”Built around 1865, the inn offered lodging for business travelers and local workers before evolving into a tourist hotel.

The bear, nicknamed Big Bruin, was safely released to a "remote area" of the Cherokee National Forest some 40 miles away from the school.

This is not the ending the bear had in mind.

Officials and animal advocates agree the bear doesn't know how to hunt, but they disagree on how to stop it from damaging people's homes.

Officials and animal advocates agree the bear doesn't know how to hunt, but they disagree on how to stop it from damaging people's homes.

The man fell to the ground and kicked the bear as it ran toward him, officials said.

Officials said the woman bought “bulk produce” weekly, including 10 cases of apples and 50 pounds of carrots.

TRAVERSE CITY, MI – Traverse City residents are being urged to put away birdfeeders after a black bear visited homes and caused some damage over the weekend. The bear was spotted on Ninth and 10th streets in the city, Traverse City Police said in a Facebook post that includes a video of the bear meandering around a neighborhood. Bird feeders and garbage were the bear’s main focus, and it did cause some damage. While officers were able to track him down, he was “bearly” too big to put in a cruiser, police said. Instead, the department reached out to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Division, which will likely trap, tag and relocate him soon.

GARFIELD TOWNSHIP, MI – A black bear has returned to the Traverse City area and is causing mischief after being removed earlier this year, 9&10 News reports. The bear has been spotted in the area of Veterans Drive in Garfield Township. Clearly marked bear traps have been placed in the area by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, the report said. Michigan is home to approximately 12,000 black bears. About 10,000 live in the Upper Peninsula, while 2,000 are in the Lower Peninsula, according to the DNR.

The Associated Press reports the bear’s carcass was found Wednesday morning along S.R. 15 in the Elkhart County town of Bristol, near the entrance to the Indiana Toll Road. Indiana Department of Natural Resource officials are having a necropsy performed on the bear to see how it died. Black bears are rarely seen in Indiana with only a handful of confirmed bear sightings in the state since 1871. In 2015, a black bear was confirmed wandering through northern Indiana between Michigan City and South Bend, the Associated Press reported.

ST. IGNACE, MI – A black bear that has been roaming neighborhoods in an Upper Peninsula town will hopefully be relocated soon, The St. Ignace News reports. A live trap was set on Wednesday, Aug. 18, in hopes of capturing the bear and initiating relocation to a less populated area, the report said. The bear has been frequenting St. Ignace neighborhoods but hasn’t shown signs of aggression. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources and the Mackinac County Sheriff’s Office are working together on this case. READ MORE:4-year-old’s family describes amazing search effort to find autistic girl in U.P.

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The bear has been in the area for weeks.

DNA from the bear was found where the camper was killed and in two chicken coops.

The grizzly bear killed a woman camping in western Montana.

The bear also took a drink and trash from an unattended trash can.

The bear also took a drink and trash from an unattended trash can.

The bear also took a drink and trash from an unattended trash can.

The bear also took a drink and trash from an unattended trash can.

The bear also took a drink and trash from an unattended trash can.

A wild brown bear on the the loose all night in a city in northern Japan wounded four people, entered a military camp and disrupted flights at an airport Friday before being shot and killed by authorities

“Pretty cool morning at work,” the boater said.

This young bear thought it could break into a bear-proof trash can in Tallassee, Tennessee.

JACKSON, MI -- The Jackson County Animal Shelter, 3770 Spring Arbor Road, has many pets available for adoption. Salsa is a 1-year-old male cat who gets along with other cats. The dog adoption fee is $150 for medium and large dogs and $250 for puppies and small dogs, which includes vaccinations, microchip and sterilization. Cat adoption fees are $60 for one cat, $80 for two, which includes applicable tests, vaccines and spay/neutering. See more pets available for adoption at Petango.com.

A hungry black bear balanced on a porch railing to grab a snack from a lonesome bird feeder.

GRAND HAVEN, MI -- A black bear was found dead along a Grand Haven area road and police say it was likely struck by a vehicle. Police received a call about 11:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 4 about the dead bear. The caller found the bear in the 14000 block of Mercury Drive in Grand Haven Township and thought it was likely struck by a vehicle. Ottawa County sheriff’s deputies arrived and determined the bear had a head injury. Deputies issued a state Department of Natural Resources “kill tag permit” to a different uninvolved motorist who took the bear.

Takoda definitely loves the finer things in life.

TRAVERSE CITY, MI – A black bear that first showed up in Traverse City in October and has been making mischief ever since has been captured by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Interlochen Public Radio reports. The DNR will now tag and relocate the bear to an undisclosed location in the northern Lower Peninsula where he will hopefully steer clear of people. “The longer he was around Traverse City, the higher the chance was for something just to go wrong.”The bear’s comfort level around people was becoming alarming, he said. The bear was first spotted in the Traverse City Meijer parking lot in October. RELATED: Bear spotted roaming Meijer parking lot in Traverse CityIf the bear shows up in neighborhoods again, the DNR may have to consider euthanasia, Griffith said.

ROYAL OAK, Mich. – The Detroit Zoological Society is mourning the loss of a female polar bear. Here is the statement from the Detroit Zoo late Monday:A female polar bear at the Detroit Zoo was killed by the Zoo’s adult male bear on Monday, February 8, 2021. The Detroit Zoo has not experienced the killing of one animal by another animal in decades; the last occurrence was also with polar bears in 1988. The Detroit Zoo’s other adult female polar bear, Suka, is in a private maternity den with one of her cubs. Detroit Zoological SocietyRead back: Detroit Zoo debuts new polar bear, Anana, to help with breeding effortsAdFor the first time in nearly two decades, polar bear cubs were born and are being successfully raised at the Detroit Zoo.

GLEN HAVEN, MICH. -- A long-shuttered frontier inn that once boarded lumberjacks and dock workers may be getting a new lease on life as a bed-and-breakfast lodge in Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. Park officials today announced the National Park Service’s intent to lease the historic Sleeping Bear Inn and Garage in Glen Haven to the nonprofit Balancing Environment and Rehabilitation, known as BEAR, for restoration into a premier B&B. For more on Sleeping Bear Inn and its history, visit https://www.nps.gov/slbe. Photo by Edward Pevos | MLive NewsThe historic Glen Haven Cannery, as seen from the inn. Photo by Edward Pevos | MLive NewsRELATED:Sleeping Bear Dunes vacation: 50 unforgettable things to see and doPrehistoric human remains found along shoreline at Sleeping Bear DunesSleeping Bear Dunes piping plover spotted in South Carolina, heralded as “true survivor”

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Bear survives its own "bucket challenge" In western Pennsylvania, a young black bear wandered for weeks with a bucket stuck on its head. Finally, some brave folks decided to help. It took a lot of effort, but the bear was finally freed.