Exhibit 24(b)

                 POWERS OF ATTORNEY - MID-PLAINS


                        POWER OF ATTORNEY

     WHEREAS, Mid-Plains, a Wisconsin corporation (the "Company"), proposes
to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission a Registration Statement
on Form S-4 relating to shares of Chorus Communications Group, Ltd.'s
("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/ Floyd A. Brynelson   
                          
                                             Floyd A. Brynelson, Director


                        POWER OF ATTORNEY

     WHEREAS, Mid-Plains, a Wisconsin corporation (the "Company"), proposes
to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission a Registration Statement
on Form S-4 relating to shares of Chorus Communications Group, Ltd.'s
("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/ S. C. Ehlers         
                            
                                             S. C. Ehlers, Director


                        POWER OF ATTORNEY

     WHEREAS, Mid-Plains, a Wisconsin corporation (the "Company"), proposes
to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission a Registration Statement
on Form S-4 relating to shares of Chorus Communications Group, Ltd.'s
("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/ Eugene A. Johnson    
                            
                                             Eugene A. Johnson, Director


                        POWER OF ATTORNEY

     WHEREAS, Mid-Plains, a Wisconsin corporation (the "Company"), proposes
to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission a Registration Statement
on Form S-4 relating to shares of Chorus Communications Group, Ltd.'s
("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, Mid-Plains, a Wisconsin corporation (the "Company"), proposes
to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission a Registration Statement
on Form S-4 relating to shares of Chorus Communications Group, Ltd.'s
("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. Swanson    
                            
                                             Harold L. Swanson, Director


                        POWER OF ATTORNEY

     WHEREAS, Mid-Plains, a Wisconsin corporation (the "Company"), proposes
to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission a Registration Statement
on Form S-4 relating to shares of Chorus Communications Group, Ltd.'s
("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/ Fredrick E. Urben    
                            
                                             Fredrick E. Urben, Director


                        POWER OF ATTORNEY

     WHEREAS, Mid-Plains, a Wisconsin corporation (the "Company"), proposes
to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission a Registration Statement
on Form S-4 relating to shares of Chorus Communications Group, Ltd.'s
("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