GRAYSLAKE, Ill. (WLS) -- Despite the record flooding north of Chicago, the Lake County Fair is going on as planned. The five-day fair is serving as a welcome distraction for families still working to ...

CROWN POINT — With his family cheering him on, 8-year-old Robbie Sheahan took aim and threw a football toward the hoop, one of the many contests on the midway at the Lake County Fair. His grandfather, ...