Following the murders of Alex Pretti and Renee Good and a surge of federal agents, runners in the North Star State are finding solace in community. Just across the Mississippi River on an unusually quiet East Hennepin Avenue, Mill City Running sat empty. “It was pretty universal that the staff wanted to go march,” says Andrea Haus, community and marketing manager at Mill City Running. Protesters against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) march through the streets of downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota, on January 25, 2026. On the streets of the city, runners can be seen with whistles ready to alert neighbors to the presence of ICE agents and phones ready to record.