Woman arrested in fatal Barron County stabbing

ALEMENA, Wis. (AP) -- A man has been fatally stabbed in a small Barron County village and a woman has been arrested.

Sheriff's officials say deputies and Turtle Lake officers were called to a residence in Alemena Saturday afternoon on a report of a woman who had just stabbed her boyfriend. They found a man dead in the backyard.

Officers located a female suspect a short time later and she was taken into custody. The case is under investigation by the Barron County Sheriff's Office and the medical examiner, Turtle Lake Police and State Patrol.