Habitat for Humanity house set for Palouse

Habitat for Humanity volunteers will soon break ground on Illinois Street in Palouse for a 10-month construction schedule on a new house. Recipients will be Richard and Roberta Kruger, currently residents of Troy, Idaho. He is a U.S. Army veteran, and she is disabled with Multiple Sclerosis.

The house will be paid for by all local money, in large part raised at Palouse Habitat for Humanity's annual fundraiser “Beans N' Jeans,” slated for April 20 at the SEL events center in Pullman. Last year's event, which included live, silent and dessert auctions, raised more than $100,000.

The Palouse hous...