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Members of the Garden/SEA club are given hands-on experience in Liberty’s garden.

Growing together: Liberty’s garden club

Students at Liberty are taking environmental action.

Jenner McMorris, Reporter

October 22, 2025

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Liberty’s expansive gym features a range of equipment and machines designed to maximize performance.

Lifting the bar: Liberty’s strength program

As Liberty High School’s athletics continue to thrive, off-season athletes find opportunities for growth in the gym.

Eva Karam, Reporter

October 22, 2025

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Liberty students were personally invited to indulge in the Film Scene.

First AP Art field trip to Refocus Film Festival

Liberty students get an opportunity to observe the film scene in downtown Iowa City.

Noorelaian Eltayeb, Reporter

October 21, 2025

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According to police stations around the nation, the protest was predominantly peaceful (NPR).

Demanding change: “No Kings” protest

Iowa City was amongst many to participate in one of the largest single day protests in American history.

Hailey Hansen, Reporter

October 20, 2025

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Liberty students come together every Friday during first period to prepare coffee for teachers.

Liberty’s coffee cart

Managed by students, the coffee cart at Liberty teaches teamwork, business skills and customer service, providing the school community with coffee.

Hadley Andersen, Editor-In-Chief

October 17, 2025

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News

Forever Green Road Extension
Lexi Liu, Reporter | September 29, 2025
First round of Kirkwood job shadows ensues
Noorelaian Eltayeb, Reporter | September 19, 2025
An inside scoop on lifeguarding
Rebecca Matiyabo, Reporter | May 23, 2025
North Liberty’s new developments
Amelia Marquardt, Reporter | May 9, 2025

Features

Learning across borders: from Germany to the hallways of Liberty High School
Peyten Van Dyke, Managing Editor | October 16, 2025
What it takes to be a queen: Iowa style
Ashley Sabin, Website Manager | October 13, 2025
An orchard of decades
Hailey Hansen, Reporter | October 6, 2025
Claiming the capes: meet this year’s Captain Bolts
Jenner McMorris, Reporter | September 26, 2025

Opinion

Kaelyn’s cut: “The Last of Us” season two (so far)
Kaelyn Rickels, Editor-In-Chief | May 7, 2025
Undefined success
Rebecca Matiyabo, Reporter | April 30, 2025
Kaelyn’s cut: “A Minecraft Movie”
Kaelyn Rickels, Editor-In-Chief | April 10, 2025
Kaelyn’s cut: “The Only Good Indians”
Kaelyn Rickels, Editor-In-Chief | April 1, 2025

Allie Hunter, 10, made two goals this season for the lighting.

2025 spring sports recap

Peyten Van Dyke, Managing Editor

June 3, 2025

Beyond livestock, there are many different ways to be involved in 4-H.

4-H: What is it, how is it shaping our future leaders?

Emerson Townsend, Reporter

May 27, 2025

The cities of North Liberty, Iowa City and Coralville have recreation centers that present opportunities for summer jobs. Some available jobs are recreation aide, recreation assistant, lifeguard and camp counselors.

An inside scoop on lifeguarding

Rebecca Matiyabo, Reporter

May 23, 2025

$Liberty High School’s Math Club brought home a plaque for sixth place at Nationals.$

Liberty’s math team heads for nationals

Hadley Andersen, Editor-In-Chief

May 21, 2025

Trending Stories

Demanding change: “No Kings” protest

Learning across borders: from Germany to the hallways of Liberty High School

What it takes to be a queen: Iowa style

The 90,000 square foot building was annexed in 2018 (CCO)

The Ashes of Shiloh

On social media apps such as TikTok items and brands can quickly gain popularity and become trendy.

Consumerism and Social Media

Students chromebooks show the amount of time left in their pass.

Thoughts on SmartPass - one week in

Liberty’s coffee cart

For this experiment, I drank 175 ounces of coffee (about 1.4 gallons) and I spent 47 dollars and 82 cents in total.

The coffee comparison

Pizza Ranch in North Liberty, Iowa is getting ready to share a building with BowlDogs, a bowling facility.

A taste of what’s to come: new restaurants coming to North Liberty

Fareway has taken out a few checkout aisles to add six self-checkouts.

How self-checkout has impacted the workforce

Meet the Staff!

Hailey Hansen

Reporter

Hailey Hansen is a Sophomore at Liberty High School and this is her first year on the Live Wire. Hailey swims and dances competitively and also participates in Mock Trial and Speech. Outside of school and sports she enjoys traveling,...

Elsie Bisgard

Reporter

Elsie Bisgard is a Sophomore at liberty and this is her first year on staff. She participates in cross country, basketball, and track. During her time off she spent time babysitting, hammocking, running, and spending time with...

Ashley Sabin

Website Manager

Ashley is a senior here at Liberty, and this is her third year being a part of the Journalism department and now the website manager for newspaper. At Liberty, Ashley is a part of the Cross Country team, NHS, and FCA. Outside...

Emmalyn Hibbard

Reporter

Emmalyn is a sophomore at Liberty this year, this is her first year on the Live Wire staff. She is a part of Liberty's tennis and softball teams as well as Difference Makers and the You Matter Project. She loves writing and photography...