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GRAND FORKS, N.D. (Valley News Live) - A former University of North Dakota Women’s Basketball standout, killed in a crash last year, will be inducted into the Hall of Fame. Katie Richards was killed in a rollover crash in Traill County in November. She was just 45 years old.

TUESDAY - WEDNESDAY: Today is a First Alert Weather Day, as excessive rainfall is expected. Steady rain will push through portions of southeastern ND and west-central MN on Tuesday morning. The rain, connected to a low moving through MN, will last throughout the afternoon and evening hours, mostly coming down in the southern Red River Valley and most of Lakes Country. A few downpours may be embedded in the steady rain, which means a slick, difficult commute in some areas on Tuesday night. It will also be a windy Tuesday, with wind gusts coming from the north-northeast at up to 40 to 50 mph and sustained winds around 20 to 30 mph. That could knock down trees dealing with soils weakened by the rain, so we’re watching carefully. It’s not until Wednesday morning that the rain exits to the northeast, leaving behind cloudy skies, breezy northerly winds, and highs in the mid-60s for Wednesday afternoon. Rainfall totals may be 3-5″ in the eastern half of Lakes Country and 2″ to 3″ in the western half of Lakes Country. Those rainfall totals mean a risk of overland flooding in some areas, especially those that have seen a lot of moisture in the past few days, as well as rising river levels. So stick with us as we’ll give you updates on this situation. Thankfully, to the west, amounts drastically drop by the time you get into eastern ND. In the Fargo-Moorhead area, around 1″ to 2″ of rain is possible. Around a half an inch in Grand Forks. Little to no rainfall in places like the James River Valley and the Devils Lake Basin.

We slowly but surely are starting to see the college basketball schedule leak out. We haven’t seen much for Notre Dame except for a tournament in Las Vegas. However, we now know the Irish will be playing a program it hasn’t faced since the year the U.S. entered World War II.

UND is changing the name of the Chester Fritz Auditorium. Pending Board of Higher Education approval, the name will be "Chester Fritz Performing Arts Center." "We have been talking over the last year, of what a premier performing arts venue the Chester Fritz really is," said UND vice-president for Finance and Operations Karla Mogeon Stewart. "We want the name change to really represent what this building means to the performing arts, and all of the wonderful shows and activities that we are able offer, because we have such a beautiful place."

On this date in 1927, the Dakota Student, UND’s student newspaper, printed an article about a paradise proposed by the university's dean of engineering. It said, “What would you say if you were told that within ten years a half barren region in North Dakota might be realizing the best crops in the world? You would probably be interested, but skeptical. You would say that this is impossible because of occasional [droughts] which destroy potential record-breaking yields …”