• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- South Dakota is set to execute its first prisoner on death row in five years and only the second in more than six decades.
• Fifty-year-old Eric Robert is set to die by lethal injection at 10 p.m. Monday. He has spent a little less than a year on death row for his role in the killing of a prison guard during a failed escape attempt at the State Penitentiary in Sioux Falls.
• Robert pleaded guilty to the April 2011 slaying of Ronald Johnson and asked to be put to death, saying he would kill again.
• Another prisoner who pleaded guilty in the killing was sentenced to death but has appealed the sentence. A third inmate received a life sentence for providing materials used in the slaying.
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• VERMILLION, S.D. (AP) -- The South Dakota Board of Regents has approved a new minor in sports management at Northern State University in Aberdeen.
• The new minor will consist of 18 credit hours. Officials say it responds to a growing demand for people prepared to manage and promote increasingly complex operations within the sports management industry. The minor will cover marketing, intercollegiate athletics, sports law, public relations, finance, strategic management and communications.
• University officials say Northern State already offers a full range of courses for its bachelor's degree in sports marketing and administration, so no new courses will be needed for the new minor in sports management.
• Any undergraduate student with a secondary interest in the sports industry can pursue the new minor.
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• BROOKINGS, S.D. (AP) -- A festival dedicated to short animated films is getting under way this week in South Dakota.
• The SoDak Animation Festival begins Wednesday at South Dakota State University Brookings. The four-day event will feature nearly 50 short films from 16 countries.

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