A single-vehicle accident in Shenandoah, Sunday afternoon, left one person dead and a 15-year old injured. Both were from Shenandoah. According to the Iowa State Patrol, 24-year old Tyler L. Gobert was driving a 2005 Honda Element eastbound on Nishna Avenue, when for reasons unknown, Gobert lost control of the vehicle.

The vehicle drove through a yard and crossed south Elm Street before hitting a tree and sustaining severe damage. The accident happened at around 3:10-p.m. Gobert, who was not wearing a seat belt, and his unidentified teen passenger who was properly secured in the vehicle, were transported by Shenandoah Rescue to the Shenandoah Hospital, where Gobert was pronounced dead.

The accident remains under investigation. Authorities say the State Patrol was assisted at the scene by the Page County Sheriff’s Office, Shenandoah Fire, Police and EMS.

Here is the latest Iowa news from The Associated Press at 3:15 a.m. CST

SHENANDOAH, Iowa (KJAN) – One person died and a teen was injured Sunday afternoon, during a single-vehicle accident in Shenandoah. The Iowa State Patrol says the driver of a 2005 Honda Element, 24-year old Tyler L. Gobert died, and his 15-year old passenger was injured in the crash. Both are from Shenandoah. The accident remains under investigation.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa Republicans are wading through the realities of mid-year budget cuts, and some have reservations about a proposal from Gov. Kim Reynolds to reduce $10 million from the state’s Medicaid program. Reynolds’ staff claims the cut won’t impact the health care program’s services for the poor and disabled, but the governor must convince members of her party. Many Republicans already appear wary of removing money from a program under scrutiny for reports of reduced services under privatization.

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Forecasters expect a major winter storm to dump snow on most of Nebraska and parts of Iowa and Kansas, and the storm could make travel difficult. The National Weather Service says the storm is already moving across Nebraska, and blizzard conditions are expected at times.

NASHUA, Iowa (AP) — Iowa officials have identified a man shot by police earlier this week in northeast Iowa as a Minneapolis resident. The Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation said late Friday that 29-year-old Jihad Merrick died after being shot on Highway 218 in Bremer County in a standoff with police and after he had hit an officer with his car. The names of the officers involved haven’t been released.

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A commission has told lawmakers that repeated cuts to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources threatened its ability to protect the state’s air and water as the reductions have forced the agency to leave more than 100 positions vacant. The Des Moines Register reports an Environmental Protection Commission report noted the Iowa DNR’s budget had been cut from $22 million in 2009 to $11.17 million in the current budget year. The cuts have come amid rising concerns about Iowa’s polluted waterways.

Iowa Third District Republican Congressman David Young took to social media sites Sunday afternoon to announce “Due to the federal government shutdown, upcoming Coffee With My Congressman town halls may be postponed.” Young said “As long as the federal government is shutdown, I will remain in Washington, D.C. working with my colleagues to reopen the federal government.”

Locally, Town Hall meetings were set to take place this week: Monday morning, in Underwood, and Monday afternoon in Henderson; and, Wednesday afternoon, in Griswold. Those meetings will be rescheduled.