'I know I made a horrible decision,' a tearful Thomas T. Hoekstra, 28, told Ford County Circuit Judge Matt Fitton at his sentencing Friday in the wreck on U.S. 45 that killed Kourtni Sue 'Suzy' Elizabeth Eastman of Paxton. PAXTON — A tearful and remorseful Thomas T. Hoekstra told Ford County Circuit Judge Matt Fitton on Friday that his decision to drive drunk on a summer night three years ago still weighs heavily on his mind. "I know I made a horrible decision," the 28-year-old rural Paxton man said. read more