Exhibit 24(c)

                 POWERS OF ATTORNEY - PIONEER

                        POWER OF ATTORNEY

WHEREAS, Pioneer Communications, Inc., 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 Terrence Mathers and Douglas
J. Timmerman, 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, Pioneer Communications, Inc., 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 Terrence Mathers and 
Douglas J. Timmerman, 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/ Mark V. Brickl
                                   Mark V. Brickl, Director

                        POWER OF ATTORNEY

WHEREAS, Pioneer Communications, Inc., 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 Terrence Mathers and 
Douglas J. Timmerman, 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/ Albert Ertz, Jr.
                                   Albert Ertz, Jr., Director


                        POWER OF ATTORNEY

WHEREAS, Pioneer Communications, Inc., 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 Terrence Mathers and 
Douglas J. Timmerman, 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/ Joseph Grosser
                                   Joseph Grosser, Director


                        POWER OF ATTORNEY

     WHEREAS, Pioneer Communications, Inc., 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 Terrence Mathers and 
Douglas J. Timmerman, 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/ Gerald Knapp
                                   Gerald Knapp, Director

                        POWER OF ATTORNEY

     WHEREAS, Pioneer Communications, Inc., 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 Terrence Mathers and 
Douglas J. Timmerman, 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/ Henry A. Melssen
                                   Henry A. Melssen, Director


                        POWER OF ATTORNEY

WHEREAS, Pioneer Communications, Inc., 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 Terrence Mathers and 
Douglas J. Timmerman, 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/ Dennis Marshall
                                   Dennis Marshall, Director

                        POWER OF ATTORNEY

WHEREAS, Pioneer Communications, Inc., 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 Terrence Mathers and 
Douglas J. Timmerman, 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