Photographer: Katharine Gail Vogel of Marshalltown, IA

• Diamond Vogel and Keep Iowa Beautiful Announce 2021 Grant AwardsMarch 29, 2021
  Diamond Vogel and Keep Iowa Beautiful announced the grant awards for the 2021 Paint Iowa Beautiful program.  The program provides free paint to a wide variety of public service projects throughout Iowa. “Governor Reynolds will be signing a proclamation designating April as Keep Iowa Beautiful month and we are pleased to do our part by awarding […]
• Keep Iowa Beautiful Announces 2021 Scholarship WinnersMarch 25, 2021
  Three high school seniors are receiving Keep Iowa Beautiful $1,000 scholarships toward their studies at an Iowa college or university.  Governor Kim Reynolds will make the presentations at ceremonies at the State Capitol on Tuesday, March 30 at 3:00pm. ALEXIA CORWIN, Des Moines, Byers Scholarship.  Attending Grinnell College, studying environment microbiology.   Educator Bob Byers dedication to young people […]
• Keep Iowa Beautiful Announces 2021 AwardsMarch 4, 2021
  The Keep Iowa Beautiful Board of Directors announced the following award winners for 2021. Governor Kim Reynolds will present the awards at a ceremony at the State Capitol on Tuesday, March 30, at 3:00pm.  The Governor will be signing a proclamation kicking off April as Keep Iowa Beautiful month. The Keep Iowa Beautiful Corporation Award goes to the CAN […]
• Keep Iowa Beautiful to Reward ScholarshipsDecember 1, 2020
  Keep Iowa Beautiful (KIB) will award three $1,000 scholarships to Iowa high school seniors in 2021 who plan to enroll in an Iowa college or university.  The scholarships are in honor of three pioneers in Keep Iowa Beautiful’s 20-year history: Bob Byers–Educator.  Through Bob’s leadership, KIB’s Litter-Free School Campus program was started in NW Iowa. His […]
• Calamus Selected for 2021 Community Visioning ProgramNovember 20, 2020
  AMES, Iowa – Calamus is one of 10 Iowa communities that have been selected to participate in the Iowa’s Living Roadways Community Visioning program in 2021. The award-winning program integrates technical landscape planning and design techniques with sustainable community action to assist community leaders and volunteers in making sound and meaningful decisions about the local landscape. The […]
• Wheatland Selected for 2021 Community Visioning ProgramNovember 20, 2020
  AMES, Iowa – Wheatland is one of 10 Iowa communities that have been selected to participate in the Iowa’s Living Roadways Community Visioning program in 2021. The award-winning program integrates technical landscape planning and design techniques with sustainable community action to assist community leaders and volunteers in making sound and meaningful decisions about the local landscape. The […]
• 2021 Paint Iowa Beautiful ProgramNovember 2, 2020
  Keep Iowa Beautiful and Diamond Vogel Paint are announcing the 2021 Paint Iowa Beautiful program.  The program provides free paint to a wide variety of community projects throughout Iowa. Administered through Keep Iowa Beautiful with the paint provided by the Diamond Vogel Paint Company. “The partnership with Keep Iowa Beautiful allows Diamond Vogel to assist and […]
• Announcing the 20th Anniversary Keep Iowa Beautiful Photography ContestOctober 5, 2020
  In the year 2000, former Governor Robert Ray and Founder and Chairman of Casey’s General Stores Donald Lamberti finalized their plans to create a state-wide organization that would assist Iowa communities in making the state a better place to live, work and raise a family.  Born was KEEP IOWA BEAUTIFUL, the 23rd state affiliate of Keep America […]
• Four Outstanding Homes Recognized in New ProgramMay 21, 2020
  Four Maquoketa homes were selected this week to be the first properties designated as Outstanding Homes of the Month. This new program is a collaboration of Maquoketa Hometown Pride and the city’s Property Maintenance Board. This new program recognizes residents for the pride they take in their homes and the contribution that doing so makes […]
• Diamond Vogel and Keep Iowa Beautiful Announce 2020 Grant AwardsMarch 26, 2020
  Diamond Vogel and Keep Iowa Beautiful announced the grant awards for the 2020 Paint Iowa Beautiful program.  The program provides free paint to a wide variety of public service projects throughout Iowa. “The partnership with Keep Iowa Beautiful allows Diamond Vogel to assist and work with many local volunteers that help build communities, making Iowa the […]