Exhibit 99(d)


     I hereby consent to the use of my name in the Registration Statement on
Form S-4 of Chorus Communications Group, Ltd. ("Chorus") and Mid-Plains and
any amendment thereto, as the same appears therein under the caption
"Directors and Management of Chorus Following the Mergers" with respect to my
becoming a director of Chorus.


March 14, 1997                       /s/ Harold L. (Lee) Swanson      
   
                           
                                        Harold L. (Lee) Swanson