The State Fair is underway next week and this year comes with challenges for fair officials.
The Ohio State Fair recently had a death after a carnival ride malfunctioned. The initial reaction from the Illinois Department of Agriculture and the ride inspectors at the Department of Labor was to ban a ride similar to the one that killed a person in Ohio.
That ride, the “Freakout”, and the decision to keep it off the Midway has been changed.
Gordon says the other thing the fair wants to avoid is another 100 year flood on the grounds.
Last year 7 inches of rain in a few hours submerged parts of the Happy Hollow area leaving campers flooded and fair goers looking for higher ground.
