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I worked up the case for Alex Eremenko observing from Lafayette, Indiana, but I should have added one additional piece of advice: watch out for tornadoes! Unfortunately that area will probably be clouded out and possibly impacted by severe thunderstorms!!

For anyone else [North America only :( ], here's the general procedure:

• Get the occultation times from Stellarium or another app.
• Record the immersion and emersion times (when Venus is hidden/un-hidden by the Moon).
• Also write down the azimuth and altitude of Venus (or the Moon) at those times [not necessay but good to have].
• Subtract 2h 48min from the immersion/emersion times and observe the Sun at each of those times.
• At each Sun obs time, find a spot where the Sun is aligned with some convenient object like a tree branch or roof peak.
• Mark the spot where the Sun is aligned so you can come back to that exact location later.
• Aim binoculars at that spot. Venus+Moon will be 2.5-3° lower in the sky. 
• Venus is very bright, and once you spot it, you'll be amazed how easy it is to see (until you lose it!)

Frank Reed