Exhibit 24(a)

                   POWERS OF ATTORNEY - CHORUS



                        POWER OF ATTORNEY

     WHEREAS, Chorus Communications Group, Ltd. ("Chorus"), a corporation
to be formed under Wisconsin law, proposes to file with the Securities and
Exchange Commission a Registration Statement on Form S-4 relating to shares of
Chorus common stock which will be issued in connection with the proposed
merger of a subsidiary of Chorus and Mid-Plains, Inc., and in connection with
the proposed merger of a subsidiary of Chorus and Pioneer Communications, Inc.

     NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned hereby appoints Dean W. Voeks and Howard
G. Hopeman, and each of them, as attorney for the undersigned, for the purpose
of executing and filing such Registration Statement or any amendment thereto,
hereby giving said attorney full authority to perform all acts necessary
thereto as fully as the undersigned could do if personally present and hereby
ratifying all that said attorney may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this POWER OF ATTORNEY
this 14th day of March, 1997.

                                             /s/ G. Burton Bloch      
                          
                                             G. Burton Bloch, Director


                        POWER OF ATTORNEY

     WHEREAS, Chorus Communications Group, Ltd. ("Chorus"), a corporation
to be formed under Wisconsin law, proposes to file with the Securities and
Exchange Commission a Registration Statement on Form S-4 relating to shares of
Chorus Common Stock which will be issued in connection with the proposed
merger of a subsidiary of Chorus and Mid-Plains, Inc., and in connection with
the proposed merger of a subsidiary of Chorus and Pioneer Communications, Inc.

     NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned hereby appoints Dean W. Voeks and Howard
G. Hopeman, and each of them, as attorney for the undersigned, for the purpose
of executing and filing such Registration Statement or any amendment thereto,
hereby giving said attorney full authority to perform all acts necessary 
thereto as fully as the undersigned could do if personally present and hereby
ratifying all that said attorney may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this POWER OF ATTORNEY
this 14th day of March, 1997.

                                             /s/ Charles Maulbetsch   
                          
                                             Charles Maulbetsch, Director


                        POWER OF ATTORNEY

     WHEREAS, Chorus Communications Group, Ltd. ("Chorus"), a corporation
to be formed under Wisconsin law, proposes to file with the Securities and
Exchange Commission a Registration Statement on Form S-4 relating to shares of
Chorus Common Stock which will be issued in connection with the proposed
merger of a subsidiary of Chorus and Mid-Plains, Inc., and in connection with
the proposed merger of a subsidiary of Chorus and Pioneer Communications, Inc.

     NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned hereby appoints Dean W. Voeks and Howard
G. Hopeman, and each of them, as attorney for the undersigned, for the purpose
of executing and filing such Registration Statement or any amendment thereto,
hereby giving said attorney full authority to perform all acts necessary
thereto as fully as the undersigned could do if personally present and hereby
ratifying all that said attorney may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this POWER OF ATTORNEY
this 14th day of March, 1997.

                                             /s/ Harold L. (Lee) Swanson 
     
                                             Harold L. (Lee) Swanson, Director


                        POWER OF ATTORNEY

     WHEREAS, Chorus Communications Group, Ltd. ("Chorus"), a corporation
to be formed under Wisconsin law, proposes to file with the Securities and
Exchange Commission a Registration Statement on Form S-4 relating to shares of
Chorus Common Stock which will be issued in connection with the proposed
merger of a subsidiary of Chorus and Mid-Plains, Inc., and in connection with
the proposed merger of a subsidiary of Chorus and Pioneer Communications, Inc.

     NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned hereby appoints Dean W. Voeks and Howard
G. Hopeman, and each of them, as attorney for the undersigned, for the purpose
of executing and filing such Registration Statement or any amendment thereto,
hereby giving said attorney full authority to perform all acts necessary
thereto as fully as the undersigned could do if personally present and hereby
ratifying all that said attorney may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this POWER OF ATTORNEY
this 14th day of March, 1997.

                                             /s/ Douglas J. Timmerman 
                          
                                             Douglas J. Timmerman, Director


                        POWER OF ATTORNEY

     WHEREAS, Chorus Communications Group, Ltd. ("Chorus"), a corporation
to be formed under Wisconsin law, proposes to file with the Securities and
Exchange Commission a Registration Statement on Form S-4 relating to shares of
Chorus Common Stock which will be issued in connection with the proposed
merger of a subsidiary of Chorus and Mid-Plains, Inc., and in connection with
the proposed merger of a subsidiary of Chorus and Pioneer Communications, Inc.

     NOW, THEREFORE, the undersigned hereby appoints Dean W. Voeks and Howard
G. Hopeman, and each of them, as attorney for the undersigned, for the purpose
of executing and filing such Registration Statement or any amendment thereto,
hereby giving said attorney full authority to perform all acts necessary
thereto as fully as the undersigned could do if personally present and hereby
ratifying all that said attorney may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this POWER OF ATTORNEY
this 14th day of March, 1997.

                                             /s/ Dean W. Voeks        
                          
                                             Dean W. Voeks, Director